February 2012
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Testimonials

"It was my fourth shoulder surgery at this facility. The staff is courteous and knowledgeable. I have already recommended this center to my friends and colleagues. Keep up the outstanding treatment, I was very pleased."
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Did You Know?

  • Medicare, beginning in 2009, allows outpatient surgery centers to install pacemakers in Medicare beneficiaries?
  • ASC infection rates are SIGNIFICANTLY lower than hospital infection rates.
  • In addition to state and federal inspections, many ASC’s choose to go through voluntary accreditation by an independent accrediting organization such as JCAHO, AAAHC, or AAAASF.
  • According to a recent study by Fleisher LA, Pasternak LR, Herbert R, Anderson GF, rates of death were lower in freestanding ASC’s as compared to hospitals.
  • Medicare requirements for ASCs and Hospitals are the same where services are comparable.
  • Procedures that only a few years ago required larger incisions, long-acting anesthetics, and extended stay times in a hospital are now being done in ASCs as closed techniques utilizing short-acting anesthesia, and minimal recovery time.
  • ASCs are efficient, understanding that everyone’s time is important. Their convenient surgical flow allows you less wait time and less bureaucracy offering patient-friendly family-centered environments.
  • Medicare, beginning in 2009, allows outpatient surgery centers to perform uni-compartmental knee replacements on Medicare beneficiaries?