Key Concepts

• Building a successful practice starts with providing excellent patient care first and foremost.
• Attempt to achieve the quadruple aim of providing improved patient/customer experience with increased quality and cost efficiency while also focusing on provider health and wellness.
• The basic premise behind salaries is that they should correlate to the work performed by the surgeon and align incentives with the goals of the individual and the practice.
• Developing a practice involves incorporating the four A’s of a successful surgeon—availability, affability, ability, and accountability.