The American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE) is now providing professional management services to the Athletic Trainers in the Physician Practice Society (ATPPS) through a recently announced partnership.
Ortho Execs and Athletic Trainers Announce Partnership
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ATPPS advocates for athletic trainers in physician practice. It provides both education and resources to its more than 400 members which includes not only athletic trainers but also administrators, physicians, and students. Its goal is to be “recognized as a transformational leader in patient-centered health care.” The partnership will help the group continue to grow and meet the needs of its members.
Mike Doyle MBA, ATC is president of ATPPS and vice president of orthopedic services for Heartland Orthopedic Specialists. Doyle explained, “ATPPS has come a long way since November 2017 when we founded our society.”
Doyle continued, “With the rapid growth of ATPPS and being run by an all-volunteer group we knew we couldn’t keep up to meet the future needs of our membership. Through past experiences with AAOE and discussions on where we want to grow we feel confident that this partnership with AAOE can get us there.”
Founded in 1969, AAOE continues to be the only orthopedic-management focused organization created to serve the musculoskeletal industry. It has more than 1,500 members which includes orthopedic practice executives, administrators, physicians, and staff.
Per its website, AAOE “provides advocacy, networking, and business development for the profession of orthopedic and musculoskeletal healthcare.” According to the press release, “ATPPS chose AAOE for their documented and proven association management knowledge and experience in serving their members, sales, partnerships, relationship building, and education.”
Michael Behr, M.D., MBA expressed excitement about the partnership. Dr. Behr is president of AAOE and medical director for OrthoAtlanta. Dr. Behr commented, “AAOE is excited to work with ATPPS on growing their membership, their conference, and their education. There are a lot of opportunities to partner and build strong relationships and we look forward to that.”
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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