Practice Management

In the past few years, new practice management technology and software have been developed to help physician CEOs manage orthopedic practice revenue cycles and improve their practices' bottom lines. Software is available to help with the billing and coding process,…

Here are 10 current topics on orthopedic and spine-driven ASCs.

Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., discusses four ways the surgery center has expanded orthopedic practice at the surgery center.

Performing complex spine surgeries in an ASC provides both financial and quality of care benefits to the facility, its surgeons and, most importantly, to its patients. ASCs offer flexibility of scheduling, on-time starts, low infection rates, reduced costs and high…

Kathie Stewart, administrator at Cascade Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore., discusses four ways the spine center is working to maintain profitability despite declining reimbursements.

Administrator Glenda Beasley, RN, from Kentucky Surgery Center in Lexington, offers practical guidance on how to maintain profitability and high case volume in an orthopedics-driven ASC. Kentucky Surgery Center has performed more than 10,000 cases annually since 2007.

Here is the average common size balance sheet for orthopedic-driven ASCs (facilities with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics), according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. The balance sheet is broken down into assets, liabilities and equity, and…

"Dr. Ty" Thaiyananthan, MD, is a neurosurgeon, researcher and the co-medical director for the Southern California Center for Neuroscience and Spine (SCCNS) at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, Calif., an outpatient department providing treatment for spinal and cranial surgery, which…

Kathie Stewart, administrator of Cascade Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore., discusses three ways the spine center recruits spine specialists.

Statistics show orthopedic surgeons are paid for call coverage more than any other specialty. According to a 2009 Sullivan Cotter Survey, approximately three out of four hospitals, who report on-call payments to physicians, provide payments for orthopedic surgeons. Health systems…