Practice Management

Here are statistics on average orthopedic surgeon compensation from the MGMA's 2010 Physician Compensation and Production Survey based on 2009 data.

Lisa Austin, RN, CASC, vice president of ASC operations for Pinnacle III, identifies five critical questions ambulatory surgery centers should ask before investing significant money or time into adding spine.

The recent focus on evidence based medicine throughout the medical field has prompted both challenges and opportunities in orthopedics. "I think there will be much more scrutiny in the future of the value of medical interventions," says Daniel Berry, MD,…

Maintaining good infection control policies and processes is important for orthopedic surgeons, especially as Medicare and private insurance companies move toward a pay-for-performance model of coverage. Patients with surgical site infections after total joint replacements increase their length of stay…

Michael Redler, MD, co-founder of and orthopedic surgeon at the Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center in Trumbull, Conn., discusses how he thinks accountable care organizations would affect orthopedic surgeons and ambulatory surgery centers.

Jeffrey Meisles, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Orthopedic Specialists in Elmhurst, Ill., discusses three points on adapting new orthopedic technology.

Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., says if your orthopedic surgery center is struggling, it's important to partner with a management company before it's too late.

Here are four strategic methods for expanding physician partners at your orthopedic surgery center.

Here are five ways orthopedic practices can expand their practice and increase practice profits.

Dan Beuerlein, regional vice president of operations at Symbion Healthcare, discusses some of the benefits and challenges of adding outpatient spine surgery to your ambulatory surgery center.