Practice Management

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.

The following article is written by Brad Melis, founder and executive vice president of ChartLogic.   The federal government's new program to spur adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) went into effect Jan. 1. To qualify for payments, physicians and…

Richard A. Kube, MD, CEO of Prairie Spine & Pain Institute in Peoria, Ill., explains how commodity implants, which are simpler and less expensive than premium implants, can yield big savings for orthopedic and spine surgery.

Here are five tips for profitable spine surgery centers.

The following article is written by Kevin Weinstein, vice president of marketing for ZirMed.   If you think you're working harder than what your balance sheet shows, you're probably right. The average orthopedic practice earns tens of thousands of dollars…

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending physicians receive a 1 percent increase and ambulatory surgery centers a 0.5 percent increase in their 2012 Medicare payment rates.