In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Jonathan Yerasimides, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon at Louisville Hip and Knee Institute, and Alice Shade, CEO and President of 4 A Ventures, join Keith Landry, to offer orthopedic physicians and practice managers a blueprint to leave the hospital system and open an independent practice. Dr. Yerasimides says physicians going independent have to let go and let a business operations expert put the details in place to establish ...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Chris Samulowitz, Senior Organizational Development and Business Executive at MRC Corp., and Debbie Howard, Founder of STAT Healthcare Revenue, join Keith Landry, to offer orthopedic physicians and practice managers strategies they can use this week to run their practices more efficiently. Samulowitz says physicians and practice managers have to analyze the efficiency of their revenue streams, systems and operations, and...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Jennifer Taggart, Director of Business Development at Insight Marketing Group, joins Keith Landry, to offer orthopedic physicians and practice managers strategies they can use this week to better build their physician referral networks. Taggart says physicians and practice managers have to budget time every week to build their referral networks, even during the challenges of the COVID era. She believes orthopedic physici...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Roger Lear, President of OrlandoJobs.com, joins Keith Landry, to offer orthopedic practice managers advice on how to manage staff shortages. It’s an issue that has been especially challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lear says the best way to manage a staff shortage is to put a plan in place before it happens. He believes cross training employees and developing strong relationships with medical staffing compan...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Kyri Ioannou, Senior Consultant in the Orthopedics Division with Enterprise Medical Recruiting, joins Keith Landry, to offer tips for recruiting great orthopedic physicians for your practice. Ioannou says he is seeing more orthopedic medical groups recruiting physicians in early 2021 after the pandemic put many hires on hold the previous year. Ioannou believes it’s important to recruit orthopedic surgeons who share...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Heather McLeod, attorney at MKRS Law, joins Keith Landry, to offer strategies on how orthopedic practices can navigate the workers’ compensation system to increase revenue. The workers’ compensation attorney says orthopedic physicians wanting to focus on this area should have adequate staffing to handle the high volume of cases in order to be successful. Tune in to discover: Why responding quickly to claims adjuste...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Corey Gehrold, Vice President of Client Strategy at Insight Marketing Group, joins Keith Landry, to discuss savvy marketing trends for 2021. Gehrold says the top issue on patients’ minds is their safety while visiting your office, and your marketing efforts should consistently explain the safety protocols you have in place. There are several marketing trends for physicians and practice managers to hone in on for 20...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, R. Michael Greiwe, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon and founder of the telemedicine platforms OrthoLive and SpringHealthLIve, joins Keith Landry to discuss how orthopedic practices can increase revenue using telemedicine. Dr. Greiwe predicts the United States could see 100 million telemedicine visits in 2020, up from about 20 million the previous year. He believes patients will continue to demand video visits in the future, a...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Kevin Joyce, executive director of Orlando Orthopaedic Center, joins Keith Landry to discuss how his team has successfully opened and scaled four orthopedic injury walk-in clinics in a little more than two years. Joyce discusses the growing demand from patients and the challenges of operating the clinics without cannibalizing appointment-based business. He also gives details on the real estate considerations of opening t...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Jeff Segal, M.D., J.D., CEO and Founder of Medical Justice, joins Keith Landry to discuss how orthopedic physicians can use stem-cell therapies and other cutting edge treatments in their practices while limiting liability. Dr. Segal explains if a physician manipulates stem cells and puts them back into the body to serve a different purpose than the original one, the FDA treats that like a drug and will likely require a n...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Alejandro Badia, M.D., a hand and upper extremity orthopedic surgeon, joins Keith Landry, to discuss his observations on how to run more efficient orthopedic practices to help fix a broken healthcare system. Dr. Badia discusses how thinking more like an entrepreneur and less clinically can help orthopedic physicians improve their business model and their bottom line. He talks about the need for orthopedic physician...
Orthopedic physicians and practice managers face many critical issues to consider as they work to adapt to dramatic changes in the healthcare sector. One of the key questions is whether to practice orthopedic medicine in a hospital system or to take a more independent approach. Some orthopedic physicians discover the private practice business model is better for them. In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice Podcast, Travis Clegg, M.D., a hip and knee replacement specia...
Orthopaedic physicians and practice managers have had to make swift, disruptive changes to how they operate their practices since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially true of hospital systems which witnessed waves of coronavirus patients, protective equipment shortages, and reduced revenues as elective procedures were postponed. In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopaedic Practice Podcast, Joseph W. Greene, M.D., a hip and knee orthopaedic surgeon working w...
In this episode of the Growing a Successful Orthopedic Practice podcast, we discuss what the orthopedic practice of the future looks like and find out from fellow practice administrators and orthopedic surgeons how you can begin preparing for long-term success right now. Tune in to discover: How other practices are recovering from COVID-19 closures Ways to allocate resources to attract and retain employees What can be done to reduce patient leakage When and how clinical r...