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Premier Orthopaedics Announces Partnership with HOPCo to Create Value-Based Musculoskeletal Care Platform in Pennsylvania
Premier Orthopaedics, one of the largest musculoskeletal practices in Pennsylvania, has announced it is partnering with Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo), the largest orthopedic value-based care organization in the country.

Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine Announces New Name and Expansion Throughout Northeast Florida
Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine has announced that they will begin operating under the Southeast Orthopedic Specialists’ name as of April 1, 2022. This change comes after Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine and Jacksonville-based Southeast Orthopedic Specialists partnered in October of 2021 under the HOPCo (Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company) platform.

Performance Orthopedics and Spine program expands into Florida Panhandle
This new program brings together providers from throughout the community to provide patients with advanced, personalized, comprehensive and cost-effective musculoskeletal care, with surgeries performed at Ascension Sacred Heart hospitals in Miramar Beach, Panama City and Pensacola, as well as outpatient surgery centers across the region.

Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine Partners with Southeast Orthopedic Specialists and HOPCo to Create the Largest Integrated Musculoskeletal Care Network in Northeast Florida
Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine (OASA) has announced a partnership with Southeast Orthopedic Specialists. The partnership creates a multi-specialty musculoskeletal care platform with more than 100 providers serving patients throughout northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.

Physicians Regional Healthcare System and HOPCo Agree to Enhance and Expand Musculoskeletal Services in Southwest Florida
Physicians Regional Healthcare System (PRHS) and Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo) have signed an agreement to enhance and grow musculoskeletal care in Southwest Florida. HOPCo is a leading provider of outcomes management, value-based health care solutions and care coordination for musculoskeletal practices, health systems and clinically integrated care networks.
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How Partnerships Have Helped a Florida Orthopedic Practice Thrive
How Partnerships Have Helped a Florida Orthopedic Practice Thrive This article originally appeared in Becker’s Spine Review on February 10, 2022...

AZ Big Media: Healthcare Business Leaders 2022 – Dr. David Jacofsky
As we look to a new year, will topsy-turvy trends continue within the healthcare sector? To help discover what comes next, we turn to David J. Jacofsky, MD, chairman and chief executive officer of HOPCo (Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company), The CORE Institute, and its affiliated entities.

Introducing Northeast Florida’s Largest MSK Care Network
Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine has announced a partnership with Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeast Orthopedic Specialists and Phoenix, Arizona-based Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo) to form Northeast Florida’s largest musculoskeletal (MSK) care network.

How Can Value-Based Care Improve in Orthopedics?
Initially, orthopedics was a leading specialty in value-based care models. Bundled payments, which are well-suited for the episodic nature of certain acute orthopedic diagnoses, provided a platform to engage musculoskeletal providers. However, due to pricing differences between facilities in the same market and the unsustainable nature of annually declining price targets…

Walmart, Amazon & More: Orthopedic Surgeons on Outside Forces in Healthcare
Amazon, Walmart and Walgreens have all taken steps into healthcare, but their lasting impact remains to be seen. Two orthopedic surgeons told Becker’s how they feel about the companies’ hand in healthcare.
HOPCo Thought Leadership

Preparing for the Inevitable: Mandatory Bundles in Musculoskeletal Care
Whether you currently participate in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) orthopedic bundled payments, now is the time to better understand bundles and how to thrive with them.

How to Drive Optimal Physician Performance in Value-Based Care Models
Written by Arash Araghi, DO, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for HOPCo, this article different VBC models in MSK care and how to continuously improve these programs to make them more effective.

Key to Successful Management of MSK Value-Based Care Programs: Part 1 – Acute Care Setting
Written by Dr. David Ben-Aviv & DeLyle Manwaring: The recent buzz in orthopedic care has been around ‘value-based care’ and ‘population health’. But, most conversations are only scratching the surface of the opportunities that exist in properly managing risk in order to have long-lasting and successful programs. Providers, hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF’s) have specific tracks or processes for patients that may not be suited for today’s value-based care programs.
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