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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Orthopedics - August 2018

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2. Be faithful to your surgical care plan. Surgeon variability and freelancing are the enemies of bundled payments. If a surgeon deviates from the written pre-op, intraop and post-op care plans you've agreed to with your facilities and that minimize variabilities and increase efficiencies, your ASC or hospital likely will incur costs to which it did not agree. If a surgeon requests to do something differ- ent than what's in the care plan, that's fine as long as it doesn't add costs to the facility. You are the owner and keeper of the bundle. As such, you bear its financial risk. You can't have surgeons performing procedures that deviate from the gold standard to which you've agreed. Once those order sets are complete, surgeons must sign off on them and follow the guidelines. MM30026 VIRTUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY The results are in on VERA ™ . Ask us about VERITAS – a groundbreaking randomized controlled trial of virtual vs. traditional physical therapy. Participating in bundles? Contact us today at VDOHV#UH̍H[LRQKHDOWKFRP It's as safe and effective >ÃÌÀ>`Ì>]vwVi*/ It saves money - thousands of dollars per patient Patients love it MM30026 zed apy. es? RP e it

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