During the pre-economic downturn era, Orthopaedic doctors’ clinical expertise was more than sufficient to ensure financial success of an orthopaedic clinic. With the onset of economic sluggishness, this dictum was no more relevant. With passage of time, doctors had to deal with an ever-increasing influx of patients, and exponential rise in diagnostic codes and associated modifiers.
Why Such a Debacle ?
Orthopaedicians of several practices did not have wherewithal to keep in sync with changes in codes and mandatory federal and state-specific regulations. This malaise continued unabated resulting in moving along a path leading to bankruptcy of many orthopedic hospitals and clinics.
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