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From ED to Unbilled: Ortho Bedside Cases at Highest Risk to Never Make It to Billing

How orthopedic surgeons covering trauma call lose 15-20% of ED procedure revenue from unbilled reductions, dislocations, and aspirations—plus the mobile charge capture solution that ensures every bedside case translates to captured revenue.
By: SwiftPayMD Clinical Revenue Team

For orthopedic surgeons covering trauma call, the challenge isn't just treating patients—it's ensuring you get paid for the critical care you provide. Each year, thousands of bedside procedures performed in emergency departments go unbilled, leaving significant revenue on the table that could be supporting your practice, funding new equipment, or compensating you fairly for middle-of-the-night expertise.

orthopedic surgeon documenting closed fracture reduction charges on smartphone app in emergency department for immediate billing capture preventing lost trauma call revenue

Orthopedic surgeon using mobile device to capture closed reduction charges in emergency department immediately after procedure

The reality facing orthopedic trauma surgeons is clear: while you're managing complex fractures at 3 AM, performing emergency reductions in crowded EDs, and providing critical musculoskeletal care across multiple facilities, up to 20% of these procedures never generate a bill. Unlike scheduled OR cases that appear on multiple tracking systems, these urgent bedside interventions exist in a documentation blind spot that costs orthopedic practices hundreds of thousands annually.

This systematic challenge isn't about negligence or incompetence—it's about the fundamental disconnect between how emergency orthopedic care is delivered and how traditional billing workflows are structured. Your billing team can't bill for procedures they don't know happened, and in the intensity of trauma call coverage, bedside procedures are the first to slip through the cracks.

🚨 The Financial Impact of Missing Emergency Surgery Charges

Recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) data reveals a concerning truth: the average orthopedic surgeon covering trauma call loses between $75,000 and $200,000 annually from unbilled ED procedures. For group practices with multiple surgeons sharing call responsibilities, this figure can exceed $500,000 in annual lost revenue—money already earned through skilled clinical work but never captured due to documentation gaps.

Consider the mathematics: if you perform 10-15 bedside procedures weekly during trauma call (a conservative estimate for most orthopedic surgeons), and 15-20% go unbilled, you're losing 80-150 procedures annually. At an average reimbursement of $800-$2,000 per procedure, the revenue impact becomes clear.

Yet these figures only tell part of the story. The downstream effects of incomplete charge capture include delayed cash flow from procedures submitted weeks after service, increased denial rates due to late or incomplete documentation, compliance risks from inconsistent billing patterns, and the administrative burden of staff time spent hunting down missing charges.

📊 Understanding Why Orthopedic ED Procedures Become 'Invisible'

The root causes of missed orthopedic procedure charges stem from the unique circumstances surrounding trauma care delivery:

**The 24/7 Nature of Trauma Coverage**: Fractures don't follow business hours. When you're performing a closed reduction at 3 AM after being awakened from sleep, administrative tasks like charge capture understandably take a back seat to clinical care. By morning, after managing multiple trauma cases, the specific details of each procedure blur together.

**Multi-Facility Complexity**: Orthopedic trauma surgeons often cover multiple hospitals, each with different documentation systems, charge capture processes, and administrative requirements. A reduction performed at Hospital A's ED uses different billing codes and documentation than the same procedure at Hospital B's trauma center.

**The Speed of ED Orthopedics**: Unlike elective procedures with pre-operative planning and post-operative documentation time, ED procedures happen rapidly. You reduce a fracture, apply a splint, order follow-up, and move to the next patient—all within minutes. There's no built-in documentation pause like there is between OR cases.

**Physical Documentation Vulnerabilities**: Paper charge cards, index cards, and handwritten notes remain common in ED settings. That charge slip you stuffed in your scrub pocket at 3 AM has to survive until it reaches your billing office days later—a journey it often doesn't complete.

**Cognitive Load and Fatigue**: Trauma call is exhausting. After managing multiple complex injuries through the night, remembering to document every closed reduction, aspiration, and manipulation requires mental bandwidth you may not have. The next trauma activation takes precedence over administrative tasks.

Now let's examine the specific orthopedic procedures most vulnerable to these systematic failures—the high-volume, high-value interventions that your billing team is least likely to know occurred.

1️⃣ Emergency Department Closed Reductions: The High-Volume Revenue Opportunity

Closed reductions represent a perfect example of billing challenges: they're extremely common during trauma call, performed quickly in busy ED environments, and often seem 'routine' despite requiring significant expertise. These procedures top the list of missed orthopedic billing opportunities.

**The Clinical Reality**: You're called to the ED for a patient with a displaced distal radius fracture. Using procedural sedation, you perform a skilled closed reduction, confirm alignment with fluoroscopy, and apply a splint. The entire process takes 20-30 minutes. You document briefly in the ED chart and move to the next trauma. But without specific charge capture, your billing team may never know this high-value procedure occurred.

**Common Missed Reduction Charges**:

- **Distal radius fracture reductions (CPT 25605)**: $800-$1,200 reimbursement

- **Ankle fracture reductions (CPT 27788)**: $900-$1,400 reimbursement

- **Pediatric forearm reductions (CPT 25565)**: $700-$1,100 reimbursement

- **Nasal fracture reductions (CPT 21320)**: $600-$900 reimbursement

- **Metacarpal fracture reductions (CPT 26605-26607)**: $500-$800 reimbursement

- **Tibial shaft reductions (CPT 27758)**: $1,000-$1,500 reimbursement

**Critical Billing Elements Often Missed**:

- Whether manipulation was performed (affects code selection)

- Use of anesthesia/sedation (may allow modifier addition)

- Fluoroscopic guidance usage (separate billable service)

- Application of splint or cast (additional billable code)

- Bilateral procedures (modifier -50 for increased reimbursement)

- Multiple fracture sites reduced (each potentially billable)

**Revenue Impact**: A busy orthopedic surgeon covering trauma may perform 5-10 closed reductions weekly. Missing just 20% of these procedures costs $40,000-$100,000 annually. For practices with multiple surgeons sharing call, the cumulative loss can exceed $300,000 yearly.

**Why They're Invisible**: Closed reductions rarely require OR time, don't appear on surgical schedules, and are often documented only in ED notes that your billing team doesn't routinely review. The ED's paper charge card (if completed) may sit in your white coat for days or get lost entirely in the hospital-to-office transition.

**SwiftPayMD Solution**: Our mobile platform features curated billing code favorites specifically for closed reductions, organizing your most-used reduction codes by anatomical location for instant access. No more searching through hundreds of codes at 3 AM—your top 20 reduction codes are one tap away. Need to document specifics? Use voice memo to quickly dictate: 'Distal radius reduction under conscious sedation, fluoroscopy confirmed, sugar tong splint applied.' This automatically transcribes and routes to your billing team, ensuring complete documentation for maximum reimbursement.

2️⃣ Joint Dislocations and Relocations: The Time-Sensitive Revenue Opportunity

Joint relocations are among the most commonly overlooked emergency orthopedic procedures. These technically demanding interventions require immediate expertise yet frequently go undocumented due to their rapid nature and the urgency of patient care.

**The Clinical Reality**: You're urgently called for a patient with an anterior shoulder dislocation. After administering intra-articular anesthetic, you perform a skilled reduction using the Cunningham technique, confirm relocation with X-ray, and apply a shoulder immobilizer. The entire process takes 15 minutes. In the rush to see the next trauma patient, documenting this procedure for billing becomes an afterthought.

**Common Missed Dislocation Charges**:

- **Shoulder dislocation reduction (CPT 23650)**: $700-$1,100 reimbursement

- **Hip dislocation reduction without anesthesia (CPT 27250)**: $1,200-$1,800 reimbursement

- **Hip dislocation reduction with anesthesia (CPT 27252)**: $2,000-$3,000 reimbursement

- **Patella dislocation reduction (CPT 27560)**: $600-$900 reimbursement

- **Elbow dislocation reduction (CPT 24600)**: $800-$1,200 reimbursement

- **Finger joint relocations (CPT 26770-26776)**: $400-$700 per digit

**Critical Billing Elements Often Missed**:

- Method of reduction (affects documentation requirements)

- Use of anesthesia type (local vs. conscious sedation)

- Post-reduction imaging confirmation

- Application of immobilization devices

- Associated soft tissue repairs performed

- Recurrent vs. first-time dislocation (affects medical necessity)

**Revenue Impact**: Joint relocations often reimburse higher than many realize. Missing just one hip dislocation reduction monthly costs your practice $24,000-$36,000 annually. For shoulders and other common dislocations, the cumulative loss from missed charges can exceed $50,000 yearly.

**Why They're Invisible**: Relocations happen quickly, often without formal procedural documentation. They're performed at bedside or in the ED without generating operative reports. Your billing team, focused on scheduled surgical cases, has no systematic way to identify these high-value procedures.

**SwiftPayMD Solution**: Our dislocation-specific billing favorites put your most common relocation codes front and center. Select the joint, tap the appropriate code, and add a quick voice memo: 'Anterior shoulder dislocation, reduced with intra-articular lidocaine, stable post-reduction films.' The voice transcript provides your billing team with everything needed for accurate coding and documentation, capturing revenue that would otherwise be lost.

3️⃣ Urgent Joint Aspirations and Injections: The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Revenue

Joint aspirations and injections performed during emergency evaluations represent a commonly missed category of charges. These diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are essential for patient care but frequently go unbilled due to their perceived 'minor' nature despite meaningful reimbursement value.

**The Clinical Reality**: You're evaluating a patient with acute knee swelling concerning for septic arthritis. You perform an urgent arthrocentesis, sending fluid for analysis, and inject corticosteroid after infection is ruled out. This critical diagnostic and therapeutic intervention takes 10 minutes but requires significant expertise. Without immediate documentation, this billable procedure often disappears into the clinical notes.

**Common Missed Aspiration/Injection Charges**:

- **Large joint aspiration (CPT 20610)**: $250-$400 reimbursement

- **Large joint injection (CPT 20610)**: $250-$400 reimbursement

- **Small joint aspiration/injection (CPT 20600)**: $150-$250 reimbursement

- **Intermediate joint procedures (CPT 20605)**: $200-$300 reimbursement

- **Trigger point injections (CPT 20552-20553)**: $150-$300 reimbursement

- **Bursa injections (CPT 20610)**: $250-$400 reimbursement

**Critical Billing Elements Often Missed**:

- Joint size classification (large, intermediate, small)

- Aspiration vs. injection vs. both (different coding)

- Use of ultrasound guidance (separate billable code)

- Multiple joint procedures same day

- Type of medication injected

- Diagnostic vs. therapeutic intent

**Revenue Impact**: While individually these procedures reimburse less than reductions, their volume makes them significant. Orthopedic surgeons typically perform 10-20 aspirations/injections monthly during trauma call. Missing 20% means losing $600-$1,600 monthly or $7,200-$19,200 annually.

**Why They're Invisible**: Aspirations and injections are often performed as part of diagnostic workups rather than definitive treatments. They don't generate procedure notes, happen quickly between other evaluations, and may seem too 'minor' to document formally. Yet they represent legitimate, billable procedures that add up to significant revenue.

**SwiftPayMD Solution**: Our injection/aspiration favorites list organizes codes by joint size and includes both diagnostic and therapeutic options. Voice memo documentation captures crucial details: 'Large joint aspiration left knee, 60cc bloody effusion, sent for cell count and crystals.' This ensures your billing team has the specifics needed for appropriate coding while you maintain focus on patient care.

4️⃣ Fracture Care and Initial Management: The Commonly Overlooked Services

Initial fracture care—including splinting, casting, and strapping—represents a significant category of missed orthopedic charges. While you may assume someone else is capturing these services, they frequently fall into documentation gaps between ED evaluation and definitive treatment.

**The Clinical Reality**: After reducing a fracture or evaluating a non-displaced injury, you apply appropriate immobilization. This skilled service, requiring orthopedic expertise to ensure proper positioning and padding, is separately billable from the reduction itself. Yet these charges routinely go uncaptured.

**Common Missed Fracture Care Charges**:

- **Short arm splint application (CPT 29125)**: $150-$250 reimbursement

- **Long arm splint (CPT 29105)**: $200-$300 reimbursement

- **Short leg splint (CPT 29515)**: $175-$275 reimbursement

- **Long leg splint (CPT 29505)**: $250-$350 reimbursement

- **Finger splinting (CPT 29130)**: $100-$150 per digit

- **Sugar tong splint (CPT 29125)**: $150-$250 reimbursement

**Critical Billing Elements Often Missed**:

- Type and extent of immobilization

- Custom vs. prefabricated devices

- Multiple splints applied same encounter

- Replacement of splints/casts

- Associated wound care performed

- Supply costs for casting materials

**Revenue Impact**: Splinting and casting services add $150-$350 per procedure. Missing these charges on top of reduction codes means leaving 20-30% additional revenue uncaptured. Annual impact exceeds $30,000 for most trauma surgeons.

**Why They're Invisible**: Splinting seems like part of fracture treatment rather than a separate billable service. ED staff may apply splints based on your orders without your direct involvement. The service gets lost between what you did (reduction) and what seems routine (immobilization).

**SwiftPayMD Solution**: Our fracture care module includes quick-access favorites for all common splinting and casting codes. After documenting the primary procedure, our smart prompts remind you to capture associated immobilization services. Voice memo lets you specify: 'Long arm posterior splint for nightstick fracture, custom molded.' Every billable component gets captured.

5️⃣ Emergency Wound Care and Soft Tissue Procedures: The Hidden Value

Orthopedic surgeons frequently manage complex wounds, perform bedside I&Ds, and handle soft tissue injuries during trauma call. These procedures, while not purely orthopedic, represent significant billable services that routinely go undocumented.

**The Clinical Reality**: During trauma evaluation, you encounter complex lacerations over fracture sites, contaminated wounds requiring extensive irrigation and debridement, or abscesses near joint spaces requiring drainage. These procedures demand orthopedic expertise but often get lumped into overall trauma care without specific billing.

**Common Missed Soft Tissue Charges**:

- **Complex laceration repair (CPT 12031-12057)**: $400-$1,200 reimbursement

- **Wound debridement (CPT 11042-11047)**: $300-$800 reimbursement

- **I&D abscess (CPT 10060-10061)**: $300-$600 reimbursement

- **Foreign body removal, complex (CPT 10121)**: $400-$700 reimbursement

- **Hematoma drainage (CPT 10140)**: $300-$500 reimbursement

- **Extensive wound irrigation (CPT 97602)**: $150-$250 reimbursement

**Critical Billing Elements Often Missed**:

- Wound measurements in centimeters

- Layer involvement and repair technique

- Contamination level and debridement extent

- Associated fracture or joint involvement

- Use of special techniques or materials

- Time spent on complex repairs

**Revenue Impact**: Soft tissue procedures during trauma call can add $500-$1,500 per case. Missing these charges means leaving money on the table for work already performed. Annual loss from uncaptured wound care exceeds $40,000 for busy trauma surgeons.

**Why They're Invisible**: These procedures blur the line between ED and orthopedic care. You perform them because you're there and skilled, but they don't fit neatly into orthopedic billing categories. Without intentional documentation, they disappear into general trauma care.

**SwiftPayMD Solution**: Our comprehensive procedure library includes soft tissue and wound care codes commonly performed by orthopedic surgeons. Your personalized favorites list can include these high-value procedures alongside traditional orthopedic codes. Voice documentation captures specifics: 'Complex stellate laceration over olecranon, 8cm, deep to fascia, layered closure.' Complete documentation ensures appropriate reimbursement.

💰 The Cumulative Financial Impact: Quantifying Your Revenue Loss

Let's calculate the true cost of missed ED procedures for orthopedic practices:

**Solo Orthopedic Surgeon on Trauma Call**:

- Weekly ED procedures during call: 15-25

- Estimated miss rate without systematic capture: 15-20%

- Average reimbursement per procedure: $600-$1,200

- Annual lost revenue: $70,000-$125,000

**Small Orthopedic Group (3-5 surgeons)**:

- Combined weekly ED procedures: 45-75

- Estimated miss rate: 15-20%

- Annual lost revenue: $210,000-$375,000

**Large Orthopedic Practice (10+ surgeons)**:

- Combined weekly ED procedures: 150-250

- Estimated miss rate: 15-20%

- Annual lost revenue: $700,000-$1,250,000

These figures represent pure profit loss—expertise already delivered, risks already taken, call nights already worked—but never compensated due to documentation failures.

📱 Mobile Charge Capture: The Definitive Solution for Trauma Call Revenue

SwiftPayMD's mobile charge capture platform specifically addresses the unique challenges of orthopedic trauma call through technology designed for the realities of emergency musculoskeletal care.

**Immediate Bedside Documentation**

Our mobile platform enables charge capture within seconds of procedure completion. Select from your personalized billing code favorites, add a quick voice memo with clinical details, and you're done—all from your smartphone while still in the ED.

**Orthopedic-Specific Billing Code Favorites**

Stop scrolling through thousands of codes. SwiftPayMD lets you create customized favorites lists for different scenarios:

- **Trauma favorites**: Your top 30 reduction and dislocation codes

- **Pediatric favorites**: Common pediatric fracture codes

- **Soft tissue favorites**: Wound care and injection codes

- **Location-specific lists**: Different favorites for different facilities

Each list puts your most-used codes one tap away, organized how you think—by anatomical region, procedure type, or frequency.

**Voice Memo with Automatic Transcription**

Complex cases need context beyond code selection. Our voice memo feature lets you quickly dictate important details that automatically transcribe and route to your billing team:

- 'Closed reduction distal radius fracture with conscious sedation, fluoroscopy used, stable alignment, sugar tong splint applied'

- 'Anterior shoulder dislocation, reduced bedside with intra-articular lidocaine, patient previously dislocated 3 times'

- 'Large knee effusion aspirated, 80cc bloody fluid, sent for cell count and crystals, cortisone injected after infection ruled out'

This context ensures accurate coding and supports medical necessity for maximum reimbursement.

**Real-Time Transmission to Billing**

Captured charges transmit instantly to your billing team, eliminating the paper trail problem. Your billers know about ED procedures immediately, enabling same-day claim submission and preventing the delays that lead to denials.

**Multi-Facility Support**

Cover multiple hospitals? SwiftPayMD maintains separate facility profiles with location-specific requirements. GPS-enabled documentation verifies where procedures occurred, ensuring accurate place-of-service coding.

**Comprehensive Analytics**

Track your ED charge capture rates with detailed analytics:

- Procedures by type and location

- Capture rate trends over time

- Revenue recovered from improved documentation

- Comparison with practice benchmarks

🎯 Best Practices for Capturing Every ED Orthopedic Procedure

Leading orthopedic practices have developed systematic approaches to eliminate missed trauma charges:

**1. Implement a 'Document Before Leaving' Protocol**

Make charge capture as routine as writing prescriptions. Before leaving the ED, spend 60 seconds documenting procedures on your mobile device. This simple habit can recover $100,000+ annually.

**2. Create Scenario-Specific Favorites Lists**

Organize your billing code favorites by clinical scenario:

- Upper extremity trauma codes

- Lower extremity trauma codes

- Pediatric fracture codes

- Joint aspiration/injection codes

- Soft tissue procedure codes

This organization makes code selection intuitive even at 3 AM.

**3. Use Voice Memos for Complex Cases**

Don't rely on memory for details. Dictate a quick voice memo immediately after complex procedures: 'Bilateral radius fractures reduced under sedation, both splinted, OR planned tomorrow.' Your billing team gets the complete picture.

**4. Daily Charge Reconciliation**

Review your trauma call patient list against submitted charges each morning. This 5-minute review catches procedures that slipped through initial documentation.

**5. Coordinate with ED Staff**

Establish clear communication with ED nurses and physicians about orthopedic procedures performed. They can help remind you about billable services you provided.

**6. Regular Audit and Feedback**

Monthly audits comparing ED logs to billed procedures reveal patterns of missed charges. Use this data to refine your capture process and identify additional training needs.

📊 Real-World Success Stories: Practices That Eliminated Revenue Leakage

**Case Study 1: Solo Sports Medicine Orthopedist**

Dr. Johnson, covering weekend trauma call at two hospitals, discovered he was missing 25% of ED procedures through a billing audit. After implementing SwiftPayMD:

- Charge capture rate increased to 98% within 45 days

- Recovered $85,000 in annual revenue from previously missed procedures

- Reduced time spent on billing documentation by 5 hours weekly

- Achieved 20-day reduction in average days to payment

**Case Study 2: Five-Surgeon Orthopedic Trauma Group**

A level-one trauma center orthopedic group was losing an estimated $350,000 annually to missed ED procedures. Their transformation:

- Deployed mobile charge capture to all surgeons

- Created standardized favorites lists for common trauma scenarios

- Implemented voice memo documentation for complex cases

- Result: $315,000 in recovered annual revenue, 30% reduction in claim denials

**Case Study 3: Multi-Specialty Orthopedic Practice**

A 15-surgeon orthopedic practice covering trauma at four hospitals faced complex charge capture challenges:

- Customized SwiftPayMD for each subspecialty's common procedures

- Integrated with existing practice management system

- Established facility-specific documentation protocols

- Result: $750,000 in first-year recovered revenue, 40% reduction in billing staff overtime

⚖️ Compliance and Risk Management Benefits

Beyond revenue recovery, proper ED procedure documentation provides essential compliance benefits:

**Audit Protection**: Contemporaneous documentation with time stamps and location verification provides strong audit defense. Real-time capture proves when and where procedures occurred.

**Medical Necessity Support**: Voice memos and detailed documentation support medical necessity for procedures, reducing denial risk and supporting appeals when necessary.

**Quality Reporting**: Complete procedure capture ensures accurate data for quality metrics and value-based care programs. Missing procedures can skew outcomes data.

**Medicolegal Documentation**: Immediate documentation at point of care provides superior legal protection compared to retrospective documentation from memory.

🚀 Implementation Roadmap: From Missing to Captured in 30 Days

**Week 1: Assessment and Baseline**

- Audit current ED charge capture rates

- Identify top 20 most frequently missed procedures

- Calculate revenue recovery opportunity

- Survey surgeons about documentation pain points

**Week 2: Configuration and Customization**

- Set up SwiftPayMD mobile platform

- Create personalized billing code favorites lists

- Configure voice memo transcription routing

- Integrate with practice management system

**Week 3: Training and Pilot**

- Train surgeons on mobile platform (30-minute session)

- Practice with common trauma scenarios

- Start pilot with willing surgeons

- Refine based on initial feedback

**Week 4: Full Deployment**

- Roll out to all trauma call surgeons

- Implement daily reconciliation processes

- Establish monitoring dashboards

- Celebrate early wins

**Ongoing: Optimization**

- Monthly review of capture rates

- Quarterly updates to favorites lists

- Regular training on new codes

- Annual ROI assessment

💡 Advanced Strategies for Maximizing ED Revenue

**Modifier Optimization**: Ensure appropriate use of modifiers like -54 (surgical care only), -57 (decision for surgery), and -25 (significant, separately identifiable E&M). These can increase reimbursement by 25-50%.

**Global Period Management**: Understand which ED procedures fall within global periods of recent surgeries versus separately billable services. Proper documentation prevents inappropriate bundling.

**Bilateral Procedure Coding**: Many trauma cases involve bilateral injuries. Proper use of -50 modifier or RT/LT modifiers ensures full reimbursement for bilateral procedures.

**Critical Care Documentation**: When trauma cases require critical care time, ensure proper documentation for additional reimbursement beyond procedural codes.

🎯 The Bottom Line: Your Practice Can't Afford to Miss ED Procedures

In today's challenging healthcare environment, with declining reimbursements and increasing overhead, allowing 15-20% of ED procedures to go unbilled is unsustainable. These missed charges represent the difference between a thriving practice and one struggling to meet payroll.

The evidence is clear: manual, paper-based charge capture fails systematically for ED procedures. Mobile charge capture technology offers an immediate solution that actually simplifies your workflow while ensuring complete revenue capture.

Every day of delay means more procedures going unbilled, more revenue lost, and more financial pressure on your practice. The question isn't whether you can afford mobile charge capture—it's whether you can afford to continue losing thousands monthly to documentation failures.

✅ Take Action Today: Capture Every ED Procedure

Don't let another night of trauma call pass with unbilled procedures. SwiftPayMD's orthopedic-specific mobile charge capture ensures every reduction, relocation, aspiration, and bedside intervention translates to captured revenue.

Our platform provides:

- Instant bedside charge capture from any smartphone

- Customized billing code favorites for orthopedic procedures

- Voice memo transcription for detailed documentation

- Real-time transmission to billing staff

- Multi-facility support for complex call coverage

- Comprehensive analytics and reporting

- Proven ROI within 30 days

Join hundreds of orthopedic surgeons who have eliminated missed charges and transformed their trauma call revenue with SwiftPayMD.

📞 Schedule Your Personalized Demo Today

See exactly how SwiftPayMD can recover your lost ED revenue. Our orthopedic billing specialists will:

- Analyze your current trauma charge capture

- Calculate your specific revenue recovery opportunity

- Demonstrate our mobile platform with orthopedic scenarios

- Provide implementation roadmap for your practice

- Share success metrics from similar orthopedic groups

Don't wait for another month of missed procedures. Schedule your demo now and start capturing every dollar you've earned.

**Ready to Stop Losing ED Procedure Charges?**

Schedule a 15-minute demo to see how SwiftPayMD can help you capture all your bedside procedures and boost your practice revenue.

Contact our orthopedic practice specialists:

📱 Call: 1-877-SWIFTPAY (1-877-794-3872)

💻 Visit: www.swiftpaymd.com/orthopedic-surgery

📧 Email: ortho@swiftpaymd.com

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References

1.
Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) - 2024 Orthopedic Practice Cost and Revenue Survey
2.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) - Emergency Department Billing Guidelines
3.
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma - Documentation and Reimbursement for ED Procedures
4.
Healthcare Financial Management Association - Trauma Call Revenue Cycle Best Practices
5.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - 2025 Physician Fee Schedule for Orthopedic Procedures
6.
American Medical Association CPT Professional Edition - Musculoskeletal System Coding Guidelines
7.
Orthopedic Practice Association - Revenue Leakage in Trauma Coverage Study 2024
8.
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review - Financial Benchmarks for Orthopedic Practices
9.
American College of Emergency Physicians - Orthopedic Consultation Billing Standards
10.
AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) - Orthopedic Emergency Coding Accuracy Report

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