Practice Management

Forty-one percent of orthopedic surgeons are salaried, and those surgeons earned an average of $24,923 more than orthopedic surgeons who were owners or partners in a practice or group, according to the 2010 Compensation & Employment Report from Locum Tenens.

Here are five ways orthopedic surgeons can add to their revenue stream.

According to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's most recent data for 2010, wrong-site anesthesia blocks are the most common wrong-site events, followed by wrong vertebral level and wrong-site hand surgery. Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgeries continue to occur despite the…

Here are four upgrades for optimizing waiting rooms at orthopedic practices.

There are several ways orthopedic and spine surgeons can position themselves for partnerships with hospitals or leadership positions within that structure. Industry experts discuss the different forms a partnership could take and how surgeons can best position themselves for these…

Orthopedic practices need buy-in from the physicians, medical staff and other team members to run a successful business. Here are five tips for promoting buy-in from members at all levels of the orthopedic practice.

Here are four tips for negotiating outpatient spine contracts with payors.

Here are five ways to enhance sports medicine practices.

Here are statistics on patients visiting physicians for knee, shoulder, hip and back pain in 2006 from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and Bureau of Labor statistics, the most recent data posted on the American Academy of Orthopaedic…

Here are four ways to maximize space at orthopedic and spine practices.