4
PUBLISHER'S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ASC MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
494 ASCs WITH TOTAL JOIN REPLACEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
EXECUTIVE BRIEF: How Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) Can Benefit from
Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Facilities: 8 Questions Answered . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35
JOINT VENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-47
EXECUTIVE BRIEF: Elective surgeries may be on pause, but the opioid crisis
isn't - The case for new pain management protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-50
ORTHOPEDICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-69
EXECUTIVE BRIEF: Leading ASCs and hospitals are ushering in a new era of
opioid-sparing postoperative pain management protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-72
GASTROENTEROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-80
HEALTHCARE NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-86
ADVERTISING INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
FEATURES
