Practice Management

One of the larges areas of concern for orthopedic surgeons is medical liability, which hasn't yet been addressed in healthcare reform, according to an article published in AAOS Now.

Here are five ways you can build and maintain a high patient volume at your orthopedic and spine surgery center.

Orthopedic devices are tremendously costly, so orthopedic-driven ASCs must strategize and be proactive in their approach to containing those costs. Elaine Thomas, administrator at St. Francis Mooresville (Ind.) Surgery Center, offers three key best practices for ensuring this is achieved.

Here are four steps for attracting the best orthopedic surgeon to your practice.

Here are four best business practices to successfully market an orthopedic and spine surgery center.

Here are five ways to successfully make spine profitable at your orthopedic practice.

Many orthopedic and spine practices are adding rehabilitative services, including physical therapists and athletic trainers, to make the practice a "one-stop shop" for patient care. Here are five key concepts for adding these services to your practice.

Smaller surgery centers and community hospitals sometimes have a hard time attracting specialty surgeons even if the hospital offers lucrative salaries and a promising patient volume. Here are a three ways hospitals in smaller communities are successfully recruiting orthopedic surgeons.

It's important for orthopedic and spine practices to negotiate good contracts with payors to receive the highest level of reimbursement possible. Here are six techniques for orthopedic and spine practices to achieve the best rates during payor negotiations.

Have your orthopedic and spine surgery center’s website professionally done by a company that will update it  regularly, says Bill Rabourn, founder and managing principal of Medical Consulting Group in Springfield, Mo. Some management companies are better than others for…