Practice Management

Boulder (Colo.) Surgery Center, covering orthopedics, sports medicine and pain management, is co-owned by its physicians and 265-bed Boulder Community Hospital. Most of the 21 affiliated physicians are owners of the center, which has three ORs and a pain management…

Once orthopedic surgeons enter into an agreement, alignment or partnership with a hospital, there are a few things they can do to maintain a healthy relationship with the hospital. Surgeons and industry experts discuss six ways surgeons can ensure a…

Here are five ways to effectively lower orthopedic device costs at your surgery center.

Good payor contracts are essential for ambulatory surgery center profitability: It's as simple as that. Jennifer Morris, administrator of Stateline Surgery Center in Galena, Kan., discusses five ways her surgery center negotiates profitable contracts for its orthopedic cases.

Here are five tips to promote patient satisfaction at orthopedic surgery centers.

Here are six best practices to improve the billing process for pain management physicians.

Here are four ways orthopedic surgeons can improve efficiency at their practice.

Recently, San Francisco Surgery Center became the first ambulatory surgery center to offer MAKOplasty, a new robotic system that assists in partial joint replacement. Kevin R. Stone, MD, of The Stone Clinic in San Francisco, and John H. Velyvis, MD,…

Here are four things orthopedic surgeons should know before partnering with hospitals.

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.