A study released in June 2016 shows ASC’s currently reduce private health insurance spending by $38 billion each year. That study concludes that $5 billion of that savings goes directly to patients through lower deductibles and co-insurance payments.
August 26, 2016
June 23, 2016
Point Plover Feb 2016 Outpatient Joint Replacement Story
Your surgeon looks you in the eye and says, “You need a joint replacement.” What goes through your mind next? Most people think of the pain, complications, and recovery. Well, this isn’t your grandmother’s knee replacement!
January 21, 2015
$10,000 donated to Operation Bootstrap by Surgical Center!
On January 8, 2015 ASC employees and Owners provided a charitable donation of $10,000 to Operation Bootstrap. The $10,000 charitable donation correlates with the 10,000 surgical cases since opening in 2006.
November 10, 2014
Our Surgical Center reached a major milestone – 10,000 CASES!
In November 2014, the surgical center performed their 10,000th case since opening it’s doors in August of 2006. “We are delighted to have reached this landmark.
May 21, 2014
Ambulatory Surgical Center on list of 150 Great Places To Work
The ASC has been included in the 2014 edition of the 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare. Becker’s Healthcare has been compiling this list of Great Places to Work in Healthcare since 2011.
April 21, 2013
New Service at the Surgery Center – April 2013
The ASC is pleased to announce Dr. Todd Fairchild, M.D. will be providing back and neck surgery at the Surgical Center. Having a spine surgeon at our center means patients no longer have to drive out of the Stevens Point community for their surgical care. Dr.
March 21, 2013
ASC of Stevens Point named on national list of 153 Orthopedic & Spine-Driven ASC’s to know
Chicago-Becker’s Ambulatory Surgical Center Review recently released “153 Orthopedic & Spine Driven ASC’s to know” which includes the Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point. This list includes ambulatory surgical centers focused on orthopedic and spine minimally invasive procedures.
January 21, 2013
Patient Satisfaction News
The Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point is a free standing, independent surgical center which opened in August of 2006 and specializes in same day procedures which are procedures which the patients go home on the same day of the procedure.
January 21, 2013
Pain Management News
Physicians from the Bone & Joint Clinic in Wausau, WI (Doctors Lester Owens & Kulpreet Sahota) began providing pain management services at the Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point starting in April of 2012. This has allowed for an expansion of our pain management services to the Stevens Point Community.
January 01, 2013
Knee Joint Replacement – New Service
Total knee replacement (arthroplasty) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty are traditionally considered inpatient surgical procedures.
