Brent Ashby, administrator of Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., leads two surgery centers that perform a combined case volume of 18,000 cases annually. He discusses eight strategies the ASCs use to attract, accommodate and maintain robust case volume…
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John Knight, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hand and wrist surgery at the Hand and Wrist Institute in Dallas.
Here are 20 statistics on physician specialties that invest in surgery centers, according to Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2011.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed in March 2010, creates several programs that aim to increase healthcare quality and lower costs. One of the most recognizable of these is the Medicare Shared Savings, or accountable care organization, program.…
The S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased a little more than 5 percent over the 12-months ending December 2011, according to a news…
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While the economy finally appears to be stabilizing, there's no indication that it's on a strong trajectory upward. But even just the feeling of stability is providing courage to those wishing to once again start developing new ambulatory surgery centers,…
Here are eight quick tips on revenue cycle management for orthopedic practices.
Kevin Lutsky, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a professional interest in hand surgery, recently joined Rothman Institute, according to a practice news release.
Here are 18 statistics about orthopedic surgeon subspecialty areas of practice based on data from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ 2010 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census. Sign up for our FREE Orthopedic E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your…
A recent report comparing the salary of orthopedic surgeons to other professionals, such as dentists and lawyers, researchers found orthopedic surgery is less lucrative than the common perception of the profession, according to a Medscape report.