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As the aging population of Americans grows, adjustments must be made to the way healthcare services are managed and provided.
One of those major changes rolled out last year when Medicare allowed total knee replacement surgery to be eligible for payment in the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) setting as of January 1, 2020.
On January 1, 2021, Medicare added total hip replacements to its approved outpatient ASC list.
99% of patients are able to walk out of the surgery center and go home 90 minutes after hip or knee replacement surgery.
Thomas McCoy, M.O. and Jeffrey Mandume Kerina, M.O., orthopedic surgeons leading the UN OVA Hip & Knee Center in Lady Lake, Florida, are optimistic about these changes and what they mean for total joint replacement candidates. Ors. Kerina and McCoy have been performing outpatient joint replacement surgery since 2008, longer than most orthopedic surgeons in the country.
The majority of patients who require joint replacement surgery are covered by Medicare, however until recently they were not permitted to have their surgeries performed in outpatient centers. Drs. Kerina and McCoy’s extensive experience allowed them to immediately begin offering this service to their Medicare patients when this changed for total knee in 2000 and total hip in 2001. Now, 90% of UNOVA Hip & Knee Center’s Medicare total joint replacement candidates are done in a freestanding outpatient surgery center. Call to find out more.
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