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Reimbursement models based on outcomes are moving surgical practices and departments to become more efficient both operationally and clinically. Surgical Excellence can work with you and your team to create processes that will focus on quality, safety and improved patient outcomes. Working with our team of surgeons, nurses, risk management and safety experts, your team will come together to focus on the patient, using evidence-based best practices and quality standards and protocols.

Liability Insurance Evaluation

For bariatric surgeons and medical professional liability insurance companies insuring bariatric surgeons.

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Marketing Consulting Services

Learning how to market your healthcare practice may not be something you ever learned in medical school. Engaging a firm that can provide you with the expertise you need is critical to driving patients to your practice.

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Medical Competency, Credentialing and Peer Review

For hospital credentialing and peer review committees and risk managers.

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Functional Analysis

Surgical Excellence’s Functional Analysis provides the framework for developing a more efficient and effective operation that will positively impact the practice throughput, procedural efficiency, and overall productivity.

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Never Event Analysis

Surgical Excellence can assist hospitals by conducting an analysis of a "never event." Our team of experts can assist in the following areas:

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Recent News

Quality Endoscopists and Quality Endoscopy Units

January 10, 2012

Endoscopy plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases. The benefits are maximized when procedures are performed at an optimal level of quality. ... Read more »

27% Medicare Pay Cut to Return March 1 Unless Congress Makes New Deal

January 3, 2012

Washington, DC,- A showdown over a payroll tax cut extension nearly caused the reduction to take effect Jan. 1, prompting CMS to prepare a claims processing hold. ... Read more »

IHI: Getting Surgeons to Embrace Safety

December 16, 2011

December 15, 2011 – At the Institute for Healthcare Improvement forum in Orlando last week, two sessions were established to discuss how to tackle the challenging  problem of getting recalc... Read more »

Social Media's Role in Healthcare

November 1, 2011

October 31, 2011 – Two studies were unveiled today at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 76th Annual Science meeting in Washington, D.C. revealing that while social media sites lik... Read more »

HHS Releases Final Regulations for ACOs

October 24, 2011

Washington, DC, October 20, 2011 - Today, officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes in the final ACO rule which included some concessions by the Obama ... Read more »

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Coming Events

11th Annual Surgery of Foregut Symposium

February 19, 2012 - February 22, 2012

Philip Schauer, MD will be presenting "“Cutting Edge Techniques on the Horizon for the Treatment of Obesity”/“Gastric Plication” This program will provide attending surge... Read more »

Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium

February 20, 2012 - February 25, 2012

Stop by Booth No. 117 and meet some of the Surgical Excellence team. Philip R. Schauer, MD, Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Cleveland Clinic and Board President of Surgical E... Read more »

SAGES 2012 – Scientific Session and Postgraduate Course

March 7, 2012 - March 12, 2012

Philip Schauer, MD will be presenting "Bariatric Surgery Nightmares: Prevention and Management of Complications" at the 2012 SAGES Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, “Tomorrow i... Read more »

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