Moderator: Alok D. Sharan, MD, MHCDS
With increasing cost pressure on health care, surgeons are constantly evaluating unique methods to reduce their cumulative costs over an episode of care. Outpatient surgery performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) is evolving as one method of reducing surgical costs. The recent announcement by CMS to reimburse total joint replacements performed in ASCs will most likely lead to many traditional inpatient procedures transitioning towards outpatient environments.
Developing an outpatient spine surgery practice requires proper counseling prior to surgery, coordination of care during the perioperative period, an understanding of safe medication management, and close follow-up postoperatively. Faculty will address the challenges along with understanding what resources are required to develop an outpatient spine surgery practice.
Upon completion of this session, participants should gain strategies to:
- Identify the perioperative resources required for outpatient management;
- Determine novel anesthetic techniques used for pain management;
- Discuss the evolution of surgical technique suitable for outpatient surgery.
Agenda
Introduction​
Alok D. Sharan, MD, MHCDS
Evolution of Outpatient Spine Surgery
Jeffrey S. Roh, MD
Using IT Tools to Optimize the Patient Preoperatively
Harold Mondschein
Regional Anesthetic Techniques for Outpatient Spine Surgery
Bhavuk Garg, MD
Awake Spinal Fusion Surgery
Alok D. Sharan, MD, MHCDS
Questions and Answers
All Faculty