Wyoming axes ASC recovery care proposal

A bill that would have allowed outpatient joint replacement surgery in the state of Wyoming didn’t make it out of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee. HB0034 would have expanded the Wyoming Department of Health’s licensing definition of “healthcare facility” to include convalescent care centers. The bill, backed by the Wyoming Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Association, the Wyoming Medical Society, and the Wyoming Orthopaedic Society—but opposed by some hospital organizations—would have let ASCs host joint-replacement surgeries and other complex cases, then discharge patients to convalescent centers for up to 72 hours of post-op care.

Source: Outpatient Surgery Magazine