Becker's Healthcare April 4, 2025
As payer denials and prior authorization hurdles continue to rise, orthopedic surgeons continue to face pressures to getting paid.
Two surgeons connected with Becker’s to share the biggest reimbursement challenges they are currently facing.
Question: What is your biggest obstacle to getting paid or reimbursed?
Hrayr Basmajian, MD. Orthopedic Surgeon at Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center: Orthopedics is not alone when it comes to getting paid or reimbursed. Medicine, overall, is one of the only professions where we provide care with no guarantees or control over what we get paid. Many obstacles and frustrations exist in the financial side of medicine.
If we could start with any of the obstacles, many surgeons would recommend starting with the...
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