Practice Management

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Kaiser Permanente Total Joint Replacement Registry began in 2001 and has so far registered 100,000 implants. Kaiser Permanente researchers recently released a prospective study of 80,000 total joint replacements and 5,000 anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures from the Anterior Cruciate…

Here are five ways orthopedics-driven ASCs can drive down supply costs.

Here are 10 statistics about ASCs that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Patient satisfaction is a crucial component to any medical practice's success. Ensuring your patients are comfortable and pleased with the quality of care provided helps build a stronger base of loyal patients and referral sources, improves the marketability of your…

Here is a list of 56 companies involved in ASC management and development. Note: This list is not an endorsement of any company.

Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgical Center in Baxter, Minn., provides five best practices for how to task your physicians with reducing supply costs and finding cheaper, quality alternatives to expensive items.

Melody Winter-Jabeck, administrator at Ravine Way Surgery Center in Glenview, Ill., shares five best practices ASCs can adopt to improve their revenue cycles.

Jeremy Bradshaw, vice president of operations at Denver-based HealthOne, which includes 12 surgery centers, discusses one way ASCs can expand orthopedic-driven ASCs.

When hospitals purchase ASCs from physician-owners and convert them into hospital outpatient departments, they may also set up co-management arrangements with former physician-owners. "The co-management vehicle allows for the development, management, efficiency and quality improvement of the HOPD by rewarding…