Online 2007 Practice Management Self-Assessment Examination

Produced by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Practice Management Self-Assessment Examination Editorial Board

Acknowledgements

Tye Ouzounian, MD, Chairman

Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Nicholas A. Abidi, MD

Private Practice, Santa Cruz Orthopaedic Institute; Research Associate, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA

R. Dale Blasier, MD, FRCS (C)

Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

James D. Capozzi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

David A. Fisher, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indianapolis; Director, Total Joint Service, Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

Steven E. Fisher, MBA

Manager, Practice Management Affairs, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL

Murray J. Goodman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Salem Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc., Salem, MA; Clinical Instructor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Thomas M. Green, MD

Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mason Clinic, Seattle; Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Christopher P. Kauffman, MD

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Private Practice, Lebanon/Gallatin, TN

Douglas W. Lundy, MD, FACS

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Atlanta, GA

J. Mark Melhorn, MD

Clinical Professor, Section of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS

Disclosure

1. I (or a member of my immediate family) have received something of value from or own stock (or stock options) in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of my presentation.

   	[A]		Research or institutional support from a commercial source(s) has been received.
   	[B]		Miscellaneous non-income support, commercially derived honoraria, or other non-research related funding has been received.
   	[C]		Royalties have been received.
   	[D]		Stock or stock options have been received.
   	[E]		Consultant or employee.

2. I (or a member of my immediate family) have not received anything of value* from or own stock (or stock options) in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of my presentation.

The Academy does not intend this identification to decrease the value of their questions or to imply bias. It is intended solely for information.

Practice Management Self-Assessment Examination Editorial Board
Tye Ouzounian, MD [2]
Nicholas A. Abidi, MD [E] DePuy, J & J Trauma
R. Dale Blasier, MD [2]
James D. Capozzi, MD [2]
David A. Fisher, MD [2]
Steven E. Fisher, MBA [2]
Murray J. Goodman, MD [2]
Thomas M. Green, MD [2]
Christopher P. Kauffman, MD [2]
Douglas W. Lundy, MD [2]
J. Mark Melhorn, MD [2]

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Mark Wieting, Chief Education Officer
Howard Mevis, Director, Electronic Media, Evaluation & Course Operations
Julie A. Minnice, Examinations Manager
Marty Krawczyk, Practice Management Program Coordinator
Marcie L. Lampert, Examinations Coordinator

Editorial Staff
Marilyn L. Fox, PhD, Director, Publications
Gayle Murray, Associate Senior Editor