Our History
Written by Stephen Hochschuler, M.D.

In recent years, physicians have had to deal with consistently decreasing revenues and increasing costs of malpractice insurance and health insurance for employees. They have had to become HIPAA complaint, cope with the time required to get insurance approval for various procedures and deal with other management issues. This has driven an increased need to address the business aspects of delivering quality spine care to patients.

One method of addressing the problem is the creation of boutique hospitals in which physician group partner with hospitals to create specialty hospitals. This allows the physicians more control, reduces the amount of time wasted and provides revenue sharing. Input from the owner/physicians can also improve the quality of care for their patients in the hospital setting.

Other ways of improving care while cutting costs is the incorporation of technology into all aspects of daily practice. New specialty hospitals can be designed to incorporate an almost paperless computer-based system. In the clinic, technology such as electronic medical records and digital imaging systems can improve service and greatly decrease costs by eliminating or significantly reducing the need for record storage, record staff, transcription services and the processing of radiographic images. Technology also can help streamline processes related to coding and billing.

Throughout our history, our goal has been and continues to be to perform as a center of excellence integrating the best of science and education with the best business practices for the well being of patients.

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