Orthopaedic Fundamentals: The economics of orthopaedic surgery

Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAOS, Scott R. Wolfe

Graduating orthopaedic surgery residents must quickly understand billing systems to practice successfully and sustainably. Yet many enter practice without a clear understanding of these concepts or the financial systems that shape care delivery.

What OHSU Orthopaedics has learned from CMS episodes of care programs

Kathryn Schabel, MD, FAAOS

Why orthopaedics keeps returning to the center of conversations around the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ episodes of care is not hard to understand.

Resident perspectives on prior authorization: The “hidden curriculum” underlying the administrative burden

Jack M. Ayres, MD, George Sayegh, BS

Orthopaedic surgery residents often experience firsthand the complexities of our healthcare landscape, where clinical decision making intersects with administrative hurdles.