Medicare requires an overnight stay
So it knee replacement cannot be done as an outpatient if you have medicare.
I have seen him and have been planning to use him when the time comes, but I did read some hospital and MD outcomes results to which someone posted a link, and was very surprised that his rate of complications was quite high.
I don't have the link at my fingertips, it may have been on a thread about prostate surgery. As that has been a big concern to us of late.
Hospitals are very political, so there could be any number of reasons that he has pulled out of Altamonte Florida Hospital. When I saw him he did say he used 2 hospitals. He may have just moved everything over to the other hospital. ??
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