2025 Workshop

TOA’s 2025 Workshop

Orthopaedics in the Modern Era:
Maximizing Impact, Income and Patient Outcomes

Each year, TOA’s Leadership Conference includes a workshop to help enhance orthopaedic practices in Texas.

Join Rima Patel, MD, of Physician HQ as she looks at the latest leadership, efficiency and innovation ideas to help Texas orthopaedic practices at TOA’s 2026 Leadership Conference.

Saturday’s 2.5 Hour Workshop: Included With Your Registration

The Saturday morning workshop has been designed for orthopaedic surgeons and practice staff.

A Different Workshop Each Year at the Leadership Conference

TOA provides a different workshop at each Leadership Conference to provide a different angle.

Designed for Every Type of Orthopaedic Surgeon

Whether you are in private practice, a hospital employment model or an academic setting, the workshop will provide useful takeaways.

About Our Speaker

Rima Patel MD, MS, is a strategic leader dedicated to empowering physicians in the modern healthcare environment. Recognizing the challenges of declining compensation and diminishing autonomy, she provides physicians with the tools to maintain relevance and showcase their expertise.

As a partner at Clinician HQ, a boutique consultancy, Dr. Patel leverages her deep understanding of the healthcare market to achieve tangible results. Her proven track record includes a 250 percent increase in practice valuations, the successful launch of a virtual care service across 22 states, integration of AI in personalizing treatment for diabetic patients, and the development of global expansion strategies for critical safety compliance software.

Dr. Patel’s influence extends beyond consulting; she is a member of the IBM Chief Global Health Officer Network, serves on numerous private company boards, and is an active investor and advisor in the health-tech space. Her expertise has been featured in publications like Vogue and Embedded, and she is a respected speaker at conferences such as the Aspen Ideas Festival.  

Orthopaedics in the Modern Era:
Maximizing Impact, Income and Patient Outcomes

AI in Orthopaedics: Beyond the Hype

  • Workflow optimization.
  • Predictive analytics and patient outcomes.
  • Personalized treatment plans.
  • Building AI agents in your practice.
  • Robotic surgery.
  • Case study inclusion.

Billing and Coding Refresher

  • Adequately capturing services.
  • Coding for the clinic.
  • Coding for surgery.
  • Future of coding.
  • Resources and specific advising.

Expanding Expertise Beyond the Operating Room

  • Personal branding and positioning.
  • Healthcare-technology consulting.
  • Medical-legal consulting.
  • Leadership roles.
  • Case study inclusion.

Case Studies Reviewed at the Workshop:

Case Study #1: Reduce Operational Costs by > 25%

  • 12 physician practice facing rising operational costs and administrative burdens.
  • AI-Enhanced Workflow Analysis (Months 1-2). Identify inefficiencies.
  • Targeted AI Solutions (Months 3-6). AI-powered medical documentation, intelligent scheduling system and AI-enhanced billing and coding.
  • Strategic Offshoring (Months 5-9). A hybrid staffing model with offshored medical documentation, offshored patient support center and offshored revenue cycle management.
  • Quality Control System (Months 7-12). Dashboards for KPIs, regular audits of offshored work, feedback loops between AI systems and human reviewers and clear escalation pathways for complex cases.

Case Study #2: Solo Practice Transformation

  • Expanded to 22 states and expanded to six physicians, eight APPs and four nutritionists.
  • Expanded services lines, including expansion through telemedicine.

Case Study #3: Orthopaedic Case Studies

  • Time savings with AI and offshoring for orthopaedic practices.
  • Documentation automation, AI agents, imaging analysis support and administrative offshoring and AI.
  • Expanding orthopaedic service scope.
  • Exploration of regenerative medicine, in-house physical therapy and other services, such as point-of-care ultrasound.
  • Telemedicine growth strategies.
  • Virtual fracture clinics, remote monitoring platforms and digital triage systems.