{"id":797199,"date":"2019-06-28T09:12:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=368083"},"modified":"2019-06-28T09:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:12:50","slug":"thinking-outside-the-box-for-more-affordable-surgery-care-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/thinking-outside-the-box-for-more-affordable-surgery-care-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking outside the box for more affordable surgery care options"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peak One Surgery Center opened in 2005 as a joint venture between St. Anthony Summit Medical Center and local surgeons. Its mission is been to not only offer more affordable surgeries to Summit County residents, but also more options for health care in general.<\/strong>
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People want more affordable health care \u2014 especially in the high country where health care costs are often significantly higher than on the Front Range \u2014 and surgery is no different.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot all patients are aware they have a choice about where they\u2019d like to get their surgeries,\u201d said Michaela Halcomb, Director of Operations at Peak One Surgery Center. \u201cPeak One Surgery Center is more cost effective than the hospital. For orthopaedic surgeries, we\u2019re as much as 40 percent cheaper than the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peak One Surgery Center opened in 2005 as a joint venture between St. Anthony Summit Medical Center and local surgeons. Its mission from day one has been to not only offer more affordable surgeries to Summit County residents, but also more options for health care in general. <\/p>\n

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Dr. Clay Pendleton, a urologist, chose to work at Peak One Surgery Center to allow a cost-effective alternative for his patients undergoing non-emergent, outpatient surgeries in the high country.<\/strong>
Dr. Clay Pendleton, a urologist, chose to work at Peak One Surgery Center to allow a cost-effective alternative for his patients undergoing non-emergent, outpatient surgeries in the high country.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Expanding care options<\/strong><\/p>\n

The specialties offered at Peak One Surgery Center include gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, pain management, podiatry and urology.<\/p>\n

Dr. Clay Pendleton, a urologist from Steamboat Springs, expanded to offer his services in Summit County because of a glaring need for urology care, as well as the draw of a great hospital system with quality providers. Dr. Pendleton said urology is one of the most underserved specialities in medicine, especially in the Colorado\u2019s mountain towns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have chosen to work at Peak One Surgery Center to allow a cost-effective alternative for my patients undergoing non-emergent, outpatient surgeries in the high country,\u201d Dr. Pendleton said. \u201cI benefit from this as I am able to work with a great staff and group of nurses that offer a highly efficient operative setting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most common procedures he performs in Summit County are for kidney stones cases, laser TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) for enlarged prostate, sling procedures for female incontinence and various procedures to both diagnose and treat prostate, kidney and bladder cancers. Dr. Pendleton said there\u2019s a common misconception that urologists mostly operate on male genitalia, but in fact this is a small portion of surgical volume. About \u2153 of Dr. Pendleton\u2019s patients are female.<\/p>\n

With almost zero turnover of surgeons, combined with a strong surgical volume, Dr. Pendleton said Peak One Surgery Center remains a strong, much-needed surgery option for mountain patients. <\/p>\n

\u201cPrices at Peak One Surgery Center are very competitive with Front Range surgery centers,\u201d Dr. Pendleton said. \u201cIn general, it is difficult for hospitals to be able to compete with ambulatory surgery center pricing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Peak One Surgery Center has an \u201cimpressive\u201d group of surgeons and staff.<\/p>\n

Safety perks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peak One Surgery Center has a very low infection rate because patients are not surrounded by other patients with various medical issues.<\/p>\n

And because it\u2019s not a 24\/7 emergency center, doctors don\u2019t typically have to bump scheduled surgeries like they sometimes do in hospitals in order to tend to emergency patients. <\/p>\n

Peak One Surgery Center is located next to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center so if an emergency occurs, the hospital is right there.<\/p>\n

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