title: Strategies for achieving orthopedic service line success.
abstract: Healthcare finance leaders can work with orthopedic surgeons to support better outcomes, clinically and financially, by: Establishing innovative partnerships among hospital leaders, orthopedic surgeons, and implant vendors. Developing and enforcing expectations around contracting and vendor behavior. Establishing a forum for open communication. Building a bundled payment structure. Finding ways to differentiate from the competition.
authors.affiliation: Corazon, Inc, Pittsburgh, USA. slang@corazoninc.com
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Corazon, Inc, Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000191:economics*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships