Many orthopedic surgeons are looking beyond traditional methods of operation to incorporate new minimally invasive and biologic technology when treating their patients. For patients with knee damage, the most recent technology includes utilizing a combination of a natural bone and…
Practice Management
R. Michael Gross, MD, a shoulder specialist at GIKK Ortho Specialists in Omaha, Neb., discusses recent initiatives undertaken by GIKK Ortho Specialists that have proven beneficial to the future of the organization.
Biologics is a new frontier for knee replacements and James Gladstone, MD, a sports medicine and orthopedic physician at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, is at the cutting edge of this new technology. For healthy, active and…
Mark McFarland, MD, a physician with Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., performed the first outpatient total hip replacement in Virginia. He performed this procedure just weeks after his colleague Boyd Haynes, MD, performed the first outpatient total…
From marketing responsibilities to patient and physician satisfaction, the many responsibilities connected to managing spine practices present constant challenges to today's practice administrators. Lester Morales, executive director of the Laser Spine Institute in Scottsdale, Ariz., discusses the challenges associated with…
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Ezriel Kornel, MD, a spine surgeon with Brain & Spine Surgeons of New York in White Plains, N.Y., explains how and why he opted out of Medicare five years ago.
The best way to improve front-desk collections is preparation. If your front desk does not collect from the patient, while at the practice, the result will be decreased revenue and weaker cash flow, coupled with more work. Here are two…
Here are seven statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation by specialty from 2009 data, according to the MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report.
Here are five statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation from 2009 data, according to the MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report.
A couple of years ago, CEO Daniel Murrey, MD, and his staff at OrthoCarolina were experiencing a high level of leakage to other sites for ancillary services. After a few years of concerted effort to improve ancillary services and work…