2021 Annual Meeting Startup & Practice Management Access Pass-Panel Discussion and Q&A: The Outpatient Revolution in Orthopaedics

Panel Discussion and Q&A: The Outpatient Revolution in Orthopaedics

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The discussion focused on improving outpatient total joint replacement by enhancing operational efficiency, safety, and pre-operative patient education, particularly around opioid management. Common post-op ER visits often stem from anxiety rather than infection or bleeding. Challenges in surgeon selection for ambulatory surgery centers and physician-to-physician management were also debated. The panel highlighted legislative efforts to address prior authorization and insurer denials. Price transparency and fears of a "race to the bottom" were examined, with consolidation seen as a strategy for better negotiating power and care value. Emphasis was placed on appropriate care pathways over merely reducing unit costs.

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Eric Stiefel, MD; Michael Sheerin, MSW, MBA; Jack Bert, MD; Geoffrey Van Thiel, MD/MBA; Andrew Pisansky, MD; Michael Sheerin, MSW, MBA

Keywords

outpatient total joint replacement

operational efficiency

opioid management

ambulatory surgery centers

price transparency