Chapters on the delivery of orthopaedic trauma care, and career and practice management issues augment the clinical content. Login Login with email. Tail sources for outpatient and inpatient care are necessary. Physician extenders, in particular, have to reduction clamps should be submitted during contract been shown to improve the delivery of patient care and negotiations.
Depending on the cost of items requested, reduce costs. If this is the case, needs should be ranked and neutralized by the savings they incur in reducing length guarantees should be made, with specifics for delivery of stay, complications, time to the operating room, and dates and compensation if expectations are not met.
In clinics, staff Orthopaedic implants contribute considerable cost to should be dedicated to the trauma service.
Float staff or patient care. Surgeon participation in the selection of staff designated as prn, whose skill level, orthopaedic available implants is beneficial for the surgeon and the knowledge, and interest are variable, do not facilitate hospital.
Including the surgeon in the decision-making patient care. Staff should include an administrative as- process and making the costs of implants transparent sistant, nurses, radiology technicians, and orthopaedic encourages surgeon frugality. Only a minority of surgeons technicians. To ensure the maintenance of knowledge know the cost of implants, and few identify that knowl- and skills, continuing education approved by the surgeon edge as being very or extremely important.
The physician should be thopaedic implants can be accomplished in various ways, involved in any recruitment of new staff hired during his including using more expensive technologies judiciously, or her tenure.
Annual reviews should be conducted with using generic implants, and reusing implants. If staff vacancies occur, an appro- surgeon practices can achieve substantial cost savings, priate time for filling the position and a plan for coverage creating an opportunity for gain sharing in a manner until the position is filled should be defined.
Depending on the nature of the physician-hospital re- Facility Needs lationship, the clinic space and staff may be provided by Surgeons require an operating room to treat patients, the hospital. In any practice setting, the physician should and traumatologists have special needs for utilization ensure that an adequate number of rooms, sufficient clin- and availability. The OTA recommends that a trauma ic time, and the appropriate equipment are available to room and staff personnel for emergent and urgent pro- treat patients.
Access to radiographs, casting, and splint- cedures should be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a ing supplies as well as some durable medical equipment week. Patients with an that is not subject to typical release rules or shared with orthopaedic fracture often have limited mobility. Special other surgeons is vital. The availability of the operating rooms with wide doors that can accommodate wheel- room and the staff during regular business hours min- chairs, adjustable examination beds that drop and raise, imizes the habitual need for operating on evenings and rooms that facilitate the review of radiographic imaging, weekends.
Ensuring the presence of ap- Ongoing administrative opportunities for which the propriately trained staff improves efficiency and reduces trauma surgeon can claim a leadership role include the case length.
The use of block times can be assessed to development, maintenance, and management of policies ensure that the resource allocation is appropriate, with and protocols within the hospital trauma system, peer modifications made as agreed on by the surgeon and oper- review, establishment of fracture care protocols, the de- ating room administrators.
ACS verification of a hospitals velopment of a center of excellence, and ACS accredita- trauma abilities depends on surgical room availability tion.
Although rewarding, these administrative duties can for trauma and fracture procedures. This fact can drive require substantial time commitments. They fall outside negotiations in the surgeons favor when determining the of the scope of practice duties, such as charting, required rooms availability. Continued improve- Within the surgical theater, orthopaedic traumatol- ment of the trauma service can be achieved only if the ogists use a gamut of specialized tools for patient posi- trauma surgeon is involved in decision making and takes tioning, fracture exposure, reduction, and fixation.
These duties A thorough inventory of hospital equipment used for are structured in the form of a paid directorship position, fracture care should be performed.
A list of required with time specifically allotted in the physicians schedule equipment, including everything from operating tables for overseeing the trauma service line.
As a director of. The accurate use of these codes reduces denials protocols to drive improvements in patient outcomes, and expedites payment for services. Metrics that should performed in a timely fashion, it also facilitates the sub- be monitored and recorded can include patient length of mission of claims to payers, increasing the likelihood stays, delays to time of treatment, trauma service line of being paid.
An example of how timely submission of employee retention, cost containment through implant claims can affect collections is automobile insurance. Gain sharing in the improved profitabil- coverage is exhausted. If a health care claim is submitted ity of the hospital can be undertaken by ethical and legal after the insurance coverage is exhausted, the bill then means.
Reinvesting in the trauma service line by adding goes to a third-party health insurance payer, if the pa- resources, including research support and rewards for tient is insured. Otherwise, the claim becomes unfunded trauma service ancillary staff, can improve morale and patient care.
Coding and Billing Effects of Legislation The skills of personnel trained in coding and billing can Practice management concerns are evolving continual- improve a practices revenue generation. Coders and bill- ly because of the passage of the Patient Protection and ers should not be used as a replacement for the surgeons Affordable Care Act PPACA in and increasing involvement in the process, however.
Surgeon familiar- government involvement in health care. It is imperative ity with documentation requirements, as well as coding that physicians stay abreast of pending health care leg- and billing, will increase the charges generated, reduce islation and its effects on their own practices as well as insurance denials, and increase collections.
Residency on the hospital systems in which they treat their patients. Most surgeons unfamiliar ment on behalf of its members, and summaries of the with such practices can benefit from attending coding and laws effect on orthopaedic practice. Various aspects of the legis- the literature of coding and billing practices.
Surgical billing codes to providers and hospitals. A practices. The PPACA calls for substantial reductions in few examples of these encounters include consultations, the support hospitals receive through the DSH program admissions, new patient visits, and the nonsurgical man- and possibly in the latitude hospitals have to support agement of fractures.
That work productivity is lost unless providers of underfunded care in their facilities. Cuts to the surgeon possesses a thorough understanding of the ap- the Medicaid and Medicare DSH programs are scheduled propriate billing codes and the rules for their application.
The cuts in DSH support were Surgical procedure coding and billing is more lucrative, made with the expectation that the numbers of uninsured but substantial potential exists for the loss of credit from patients would dramatically decline through Medicaid inappropriate documentation, the lack or inappropri- expansion and the availability of insurance through state ate use of modifiers, and deficient knowledge of Current and federal exchanges.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Procedural Terminology codes and the corresponding states are not required to expand their Medicaid coverage. Several Key Study Points states have since elected to opt out of Medicaid expansion. In such states, people living below the federal poverty Addition of orthopaedic traumatologists to the level who do not qualify for Medicaid will not be eligible hospital staff improves patient care and can be fi- for insurance through the exchanges.
In that scenario, nancially rewarding for the facility and the local numerous people will still have a gap in coverage. The pital trauma resource verification for trauma-level loss of a funding source can greatly affect an orthopaedic designation. The ini- not remain sustainable. Payment Modifier regulations for reimbursement adjust billing, along with involvement in third-party payer provider payments toward a reimbursement with more contract negotiation, affect the physicians ability focus on patient outcomes.
The goal is to influence the to accurately capture work performed and collect delivery of health care by adjusting payments based on revenue. The overall effect on or- Ongoing federal and state involvement in health thopaedic trauma is yet unknown.
Physician participation care continues to evolve and will affect the opera- is lagging behind hospital participation, and questions tional and financial considerations of orthopaedic remain regarding the appropriate application of data to trauma practice substantially.
Metrics tend to be less applicable to the practice of subspecialty providers, making it difficult to determine how they will affect practices that are not defined as primary care. An analysis of Orthopaedic trauma has seen an increase in interest be- U. J Trauma Acute Care Surg cause of changes in financial support and call arrange- ;75 4 Medline DOI ments that make the career choice more palatable for Trauma and nontrauma surgeons identify patients who residents entering practice.
After the completion of fel- would benefit from the care of an orthopaedic trauma- lowship training, building and maintaining a career in tologist. Level of evidence: IV. Establishing a mutually satisfying relation- 2. The position statement discusses factors bilateral investment in the program, and tracking of the related to ensuring access to emergency orthopaedic care. The surgeons relationship with the hospital will continue to evolve, but recent leg- 3.
DiRusso S, Holly C, Kamath R, et al: Preparation and achievement of American College of Surgeons level I trau- islative changes in health care, which have not yet been ma verification raises hospital performance and improves fully realized, will continue to affect trauma care into the patient outcome. J Trauma ;51 2 , discus- next decade. Remaining educated regarding the evolving sion Medline DOI regulatory environment surrounding health care and stay- 4.
Medline DOI sicians and surgeons affected by these changes. Surgeon involvement at all levels of health care combined with the 5. Medline DOI Orthopaedic traumatology: The hospital side of the led- ger, defining the financial relationship between physicians This article compares costs incurred for similar cases and hospitals.
J Orthop Trauma ;22 4 Medline DOI discussion Medline DOI 7. Despite matologist on a private group practice. Medline DOI to have more complications and longer stays. The addition of an orthopaedic traumatologist to a private Althausen PL, Shannon S, Owens B, et al: Impact of hos- practice orthopaedic group increases the profitability of pital-employed physician assistants on a level II commu- nontrauma partners and simultaneously increases time nity-based orthopaedic trauma system.
J Orthop Trauma off. Medline DOI. Accessed December 17, Revenue generation by the physician assistant is only one consideration in assessing their value to the system.
Level This source describes the required institutional resources of evidence: IV. Avail- stay and cost. J Orthop Trauma ;29 7 :ee This source contains the updated institutional require- ments for American College of Surgeons verification. The OTA defines the challenges faced in providing ortho- The Medical Group Management Association provides paedic trauma call coverage and describes the resources data to its members on compensation, productivity, and traumatologists need from a facility to provide trauma practice management details for various specialties and care.
Medline DOI An analysis implant. Health Aff Millwood ;33 1 Medline DOI This survey reports the lack of knowledge of implant cost within the orthopaedic community. Fewer than half of Marylands state-regulated hospital reimbursement sys- respondents viewed implant cost as very or extremely tem allows trauma referral facilities to remain profitable important.
Diminished transparency in the costs of im- with fracture care in the absence of the ability to shift the plants at a facility reduces the ability of the surgeon to funding of indigent trauma care to private insurers. Level make economical choices about implants. J Bone orthopaedic trauma is presented. Various aspects of the act Joint Surg Am ;96 22 :e Medline DOI and their possible consequences for orthopaedic trauma surgery are discussed.
Medline DOI Various methods of implant utilization that have the po- tential to reduce costs are discussed in the setting of an orthopaedic fracture practice. Graves JA: Medicaid expansion opt-outs and uncompen- sated care. N Engl J Med ; 25 J Orthop Trauma ;28 sup- icaid expansion program.
The effect on hospital finances pl9 :S Medline DOI Coding and billing practices are explained. The means by which these practices can appropriately reflect the level of service provided and reduce denials are given. Curr Orthop Pract ;22 1 Level cations of nonoperative fracture care at an academic of evidence: IV. Medline DOI trauma center. J Orthop Trauma ;26 11 Chien AT, Rosenthal MB: Medicares physician val- This article provides a breakdown of charges generated by ue-based payment modifierwill the tectonic shift create an orthopaedic trauma service.
Although surgical charges waves? N Engl J Med ; 22 The intent and scheduled implementation are de- Level of evidence: IV.
The effect on physician practice continues to evolve. J Orthop Trauma ;28 suppl10 :S5-S7. Chapter 4. Applica- Abstract tions include spinal pedicle screw insertion, total joint. Uses in trauma include navigation for ic resections. CAOS is also used in orthopaedic trauma percutaneous screw placement in pelvic and acetabular to aid in a broad range of activities including fracture surgery. Computers can also provide assistance with reduction, optimizing alignment and rotation of diaphy- starting points for intramedullary nailing, interlocking seal fractures, malunion correction, and safe insertion screws, and rotational reduction.
Three-dimensional of percutaneous sacroiliac and periacetabular screws. Simulation enhances resident education. Simulation also is an excellent uses of CAOS in orthopaedic trauma. Common naviga- vehicle for trainee education. The exact indications have tion systems require multiple components to virtually yet to be defined as the technology continues to develop. These components typically in- clude trackable surgical instruments and reference points, a sensor, and a computer processor.
Neither Dr. Schottel nor any immediate iliac screw position using either conventional fluoroscopy family member has received anything of value from or or 3D fluoroscopic navigation.
Another study reported the results of sacroiliac screw placement in 66 patients using CT guidance and local anesthesia. The mean time of screw placement was 28 minutes, and two S3 screws could be placed as a direct result of the imaging capability. One meta-analysis compared conventional and 3D-navigated techniques for sacroiliac screw placement and the rates of screw malposition and revision sur- gery.
The rate of revision surgery was not significantly different 1: General Topics. Although these results demonstrate a lower rate of screw malposition and revision surgery with navigation, its ef- fect on the patients postoperative neurologic function or overall clinical outcome is not known.
Irrespective of the imaging technique used to percutaneously stabilize posterior ring disruptions, thorough anatomic knowledge Figure 1 Demonstration of arrays placed on the iliac is needed whether or not surgical navigation is used Fig- crest and cannulated guidewire handle. In potential technique to reduce surgical time and complica- a study of CT navigation in 11 acetabular fractures, a tions. Fiduciaries are then used needed to clearly define the role of navigation in acetab- to guide implant placement within the corridor and alert ular fracture reduction and fixation.
Navigation has been shown to be corridor of interest. Neither modality resulted rotation. Piriformis fossa and tip of the greater trochanter in an intra-articular screw position. Similar findings were starting points using either navigated 2D fluoroscopy or found when comparing 2D and 3D fluoroscopic imaging conventional fluoroscopy were obtained in 10 cadaver fe- in synthetic and cadaver pelvises.
A separate resulted in higher precision and similar accuracy com- targeting device generates an electromagnetic field and a pared with conventional fluoroscopy. Navigation also representative real-time image of the nails locking holes is improved the precision of obtaining a greater trochanter created. Results of nail locking using either conventional starting point but with less accuracy.
The authors con- fluoroscopy or an electromagnetic targeting system in cluded that inaccuracies for navigated starting points patients with tibia and femur fractures treated using in- were likely because of off-angle imaging, resulting in poor tramedullary nailing were compared. Improvement in intraoperative targeting resulted in a substantially faster mean insertion imaging and landmark registration would likely improve time versus seconds and a lower radiation dose the accuracy and precision of navigated starting points, 0 versus 9.
No misses occurred in either cohort. Other groups have reported similar findings. Re- intramedullary femoral nailing were divided into two sults from a prospective case series using 2D fluoroscopy groups, undergoing either conventional fluoroscopy or were reported; 16 patients undergoing navigation-assisted navigated 2D fluoroscopy.
The mean time for fluorosco- fixation for femoral shaft fracture were postoperatively py was greater in cases that used conventional fluoros- evaluated with bilateral lower extremity CT. However, navigated procedures took longer length difference of 5. The authors recommended fluoroscopic navigation intramedullary femoral nailing using 2D fluoroscopic only for selected cases in which the reduction of radiation navigation and conventional fluoroscopic imaging, the exposure is deemed absolutely necessary.
Section 1: General Topics 1: General Topics. Figure 4 Intraoperative fluoroscopic views showing obturator oblique outlet A , inlet B , iliac oblique outlet C , and navigation screenshots D of the screw pathway where two-dimensional navigation was used for placement of an anterior column screw in the acetabulum.
Reproduced with permission from Gras F, Marintschev I, Kajetan K, et al: Screw placement for acetabular fractures: Which navigation modality 2-dimensional vs. An experimental study. J Orthop Trauma ;26[8] Further fluoroscopy, 9. Intraopera- tive planning and assessment of functional reduction of Upper Extremity Fractures length, alignment, and rotation may be more accurate Although use of navigation for acute upper extremity with navigation Figure6.
Because of the substantial fractures is uncommon, some authors have highlighted reduction of radiation exposure, navigation holds promise its potential role in aiding the treatment of particular. A, Supra-acetabular screw. B, Anterior column screw. C, Posterior column screw. D, Infra-acetabular screw. In a study, technique and results using malunion model and osteotomy templates. A technique 2D fluoroscopic navigation to percutaneously stabilize of creating a custom-made osteotomy template using nondisplaced intra-articular glenoid fracture in two pa- a computer-simulated model for diaphyseal forearm tients were described.
Use of navigation with this injury cohort deformity of 21 and a mean arc of forearm motion of facilitated percutaneous in situ stabilization of the non- Following corrective osteotomy using the custom displaced glenoid fractures, thereby limiting the potential templates and plate fixation, the angular deformity and for displacement and need for an open approach and mean arc of forearm motion substantially improved to 1 associated morbidities.
Malunion Correction Another study reported a similar method of computer CAOS techniques can also help in precisely performing modeling and creation of a custom-made osteotomy tem- an osteotomy for malunion via creation of a simulated plate in patients with distal humerus malunion. Figure 6 Stored anteroposterior and lateral images of a displaced, comminuted femoral shaft fracture. The distal fracture fragment has been manually segmented in green so that it can be tracked during reduction.
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