A restrictive referral process can quietly cap a practice’s surgical volume long before administrators notice the pattern in the numbers. That was the case at Austin Regional Clinic, a multispecialty practice serving about 800,000 patients across Austin, Texas, and its…
Author: jscheibel
Robert Norton, MD, founding partner and spine surgeon at Boca Raton, Fla.-based Florida Spine Associates, said the practice’s growth from a single office to six facilities across Palm Beach and Broward counties came down to one decision: giving up control.…