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16 ASC MANAGEMENT The number of ASCs for all 50 states in 2021 By Laura Dyrda C alifornia has the most Medicare-cer- tified ASCs in the nation, followed by Florida and Texas, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. Here is a breakdown of ASCs by state as of March 2021: California: 817 Florida: 457 Texas : 442 Georgia: 368 Maryland: 342 New Jersey: 259 Pennsylvania: 248 Ohio: 195 Arizona: 191 Oregon: 187 New York: 147 Tennessee: 138 Colorado: 134 Illinois: 131 Indiana: 129 North Carolina: 129 Missouri: 102 Michigan: 106 Washington: 90 Louisiana: 86 Wisconsin: 85 Minnesota: 81 Nevada: 80 Mississippi: 77 South Carolina: 70 Arkansas: 69 Kansas: 67 Virginia: 61 Idaho: 55 Massachusetts: 54 Connecticut: 53 Nebraska: 51 Utah: 45 Alabama: 41 Oklahoma: 40 Kentucky: 35 Iowa: 29 New Hampshire: 27 Delaware: 22 Hawaii: 22 New Mexico: 20 Montana: 19 Alaska: 18 Wyoming: 18 Maine: 15 South Dakota: 15 North Dakota: 13 Rhode Island: 13 West Virginia: 8 Vermont: 2 n New Jersey surgery center introduces spine robot By Carly Behm W est Orange, N.J.-based Advanced Spine and Outpatient Surgery debuted the ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation system, according to a July 21 news release. Praveen Kadimcherla, MD, and Kaixuan Liu, MD, per- formed the spinal fusion on a 57-year-old patient who had a collapsed disc in his lower back and a bone spur impinging on a sciatic nerve. The Excelsius GPS robot created images of the patient's spine and guided surgeons during the procedure. Insert- ing screws in the patient's spine, which typically takes one hour, took 10 minutes using the robotic guidance. Advanced Spine and Outpatient Surgery is part of West Orange-based Atlantic Spine Center. n 5 highest-paid CEOs of spine, orthopedic device companies By Carly Behm H ere are the highest paid CEOs at publicly traded spine and orthopedic device com- panies, as reported by AFL-CIO: Note: AFL-CIO's rankings include S&P 500 and Russell 3,000 companies. Salaries are from 2020. 1. Omar Ishrak. CEO of Medtronic: $14.8 million 2. Kevin Lobo. CEO of Stryker: $13.3 million 3 Bryan Hanson. CEO of Zimmer Biomet: $13 mil- lion 4. Jon Serbousek. CEO of Orthofix $5.3 million 5. J. Barry. CEO NuVasive: $4.8 million n