Ralph Gambardella, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and president of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, discusses five key leadership roles essential to the success of an ASC and describes the characteristics necessary for these positions to find success.
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Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Surgery Center has recently undertaken a number of efforts to grow the facility. Denise Kesler, director for the ASC, discusses some challenges the surgery center faced during the projects.
Orthopedic and sports medicine practices are increasingly hiring athletic trainers as physician extenders to take on several roles within the practice. Athletic trainers are routinely employed in this setting to improve overall office productivity, patient outcomes and satisfaction as well…
Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists, a York, Penn.-based private practice, will open its $22 million hospital within the next few weeks, according to a report from The York Dispatch.
ProMedica Health System is expanding its Wildwood Campus in Toledo, Ohio, to include a new orthopedic center, according to a local ABC report.
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Jeff Leland, managing director of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, explains six things to know about how spine surgeons might fit into accountable care organizations.
Forty-three percent of patients scheduled for orthopedic surgery have insufficient levels of vitamin D, according to an article published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Mike Kintner, service contracts manager at TriMedx, shares five strategies ASCs should adopt to achieve significant, sustainable equipment savings.
In the current economy, patients are finding it more and more difficult to pay their bills — so much so that they often put off non-elective procedures because their high-deductible insurance plans require a hefty financial contribution. Three ASC collections…
Patient Prompt, a company developing customized automated appointment reminder systems, conducted a six-year study examining more than one million internal reminders on the most effective practice protocol for making appointment reminder calls to patients. Here Claude Waknine, director of business…