Surgeon Owners Perform More Surgery (Biloine Young @ OTW)
Do orthopedic surgeons who own their own surgery centers perform more procedures than those who do not? A study of doctor owned ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) by the Workers Compensation Research Institute in Florida, reports that they do. The study found that surgeons who are owners not only are paid the surgeon’s fee, but also receive a share of the profits of the surgery center.
The study was titled Why Surgeon Owners of Ambulatory Surgical Centers Do More Surgery Than Non-Owners. It examined 941 surgeons, some of whom ultimately...
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