Amy Mowles, president and CEO of Mowles Medical Practice Management, who has developed dozens of pain management ambulatory surgery centers and worked with hundreds of practices and programs nationwide, shares 10 ways pain management programs became top financial and clinical performers.
1. Develop a unique identity. The best pain programs define the objective of their practice in specific terms and create an image for the program that distinguishes them from other programs. "Clearly state the types of pain you are going to treat," Ms. Mowles says. "Are you multi-discipline or single specialty? What specific specialty? With what specific training? Do you provide ancillary/alternative services? Do you have an expertise in certain procedures? Speak a language of that community?
"Develop services that meet the needs and wants of your market," she says. "Be the best at providing the most advanced treatments and please establish reasonable prices."
Read the full report in Becker's ASC Review on pain management.