PATIENT RESOURCES

Toe Fusion Surgery: What to Expect

Toe fusion surgery can help you regain lost mobility, improve balance, and minimize pain. This procedure is an effective treatment for toe deformities such as hammer toe, mallet toe, and claw toe. The goal of the procedure is to ...

Breast Augmentation and Reconstruction: Your Questions Answered

Everything you need to know about Breast Augmentation and Reconstruction Over 360,000 breast augmentation procedures were preformed in 2021 alone. Patients undergo this procedure in order to enhance, enlarge, or alter the shape of their breasts, and they do ...

Plastic Surgery and Insurance

How Does Plastic Surgery and Health Insurance Work? Plastic surgery is both reconstructive and cosmetic in nature therefore it is hard to know what Health Insurance will cover and what it will not. That’s because there are plenty of ...

What to Expect from Your Total Hip Replacement (Learn More About Total Hip Replacments)

Discover What to Expect From Your Total Hip Replacement A patient who is anticipating total hip replacement surgery is likely to have a lot of questions. That’s understandable. Total hip arthroplasty is designed to provide you with a significant ...

UroLift Q&A

Get Answers to your Urolift Questions How does Urolift work? And what happens after the procedure? These are common questions–and now you can easily get the answers you need. Urolift has quickly become an incredibly popular and effective way ...

UroLift Quiz

Is Urolift the Right Solution for Your Enlarged Prostate? Over 50% of men over the age of 60 will experience an enlarged prostate. This incredibly common condition can impact your urinary health and quality of life. You may be ...

CPAP vs Inspire Therapy

Get Inspired to Sleep Better Inspire Therapy is a novel way to treat sleep apnea, a common but potentially life-threatening breathing condition. Traditionally, sleep apnea has been treated using CPAP machines, which can be loud and uncomfortable. Inspire offers ...

The Patient Journey to Surgery: How Did We Get Here?

What will your surgical journey look like? Everyone’s body and medical needs are going to be unique. And your journey towards healing and recovery will be tailored for you and your medical needs. This downloadable resource, Roadmap to Surgery ...

Cost Comparison Resource (White paper)

ASCs VS. HOSPITALS COST SAVINGS COMPARISON It isn’t often discussed, but patients have the right to choose where they receive their care. The healthcare industry’s best kept secret is the cost savings patients can receive by opting to have ...

Take The Stress Out Of Surgery

At Iowa City ASC, our team takes great care to help you reduce your stress before and after your surgery. By answering your questions thoughtfully and providing a variety of tips to make you feel at ease with your ...

Cataracts: What They Are and How To Treat Them

Discover what causes the common eye condition known as cataracts–and how a simple surgical procedure can help you see better and more clearly. Like any good camera, your eyes each have a lens–that’s what allows you to focus and ...

When to See an ENT Specialist for Your Child's Ear Infections ?

If you’re a parent who’s comforted your child crying out in pain from an ear infection, you know how helpless you can feel, especially if they’ve suffered multiple ear infections. You may be wondering if there is more you ...

Tips To Avoid Two Common Injuries

Whether you are young or old, being active is important. However, orthopedic injuries are common when it comes to sports activities such as skiing, snowboarding, football, and more. ACL tears and labrum tears are two common injuries. Dr. Langland, ...

ADVANCED DIRECTIVES

Due to the nature of the services provided at Iowa City Ambulatory Surgical Center, in the event of a medical emergency while under our care, it is our policy to resuscitate all patients until care can be transferred to an acute care facility. A copy of the patient’s advanced directives documents will accompany the patient upon transfer to an acute care facility.

QUALITY PATIENT CARE

We employ a professional staff and work with highly skilled physicians. Our nurses, surgeons and anesthesiologists are experienced in outpatient surgery. Our staff is comprised primarily of RNs averaging 15 years of experience. The Iowa City ASC is regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Both require strict adherence to guidelines and expect best practices for all procedures. We independently benchmark and monitor patient outcomes such as infection rates, antibiotic prophylaxis, hospital admissions/transfers and other quality criteria. We regularly perform better than national benchmarks in all areas of quality patient care. These graphs summarize our patients’ experiences with Iowa City ASC.