Your reputation as a spine surgeon is something you’ve worked hard to maintain. It’s what sets you apart from the competition, and it’s why patients come to you with their most serious cases.

But what if your reputation could do even more for you? What if it could help you attract more referrals? Believe it or not, your standing in the community can pay big dividends in terms of referrals. Here’s how you can make the most of your reputation and get the referrals you deserve.

Becoming a Surgical Stewardship™ spine surgeon

Suppose you’re a spine surgeon who has worked hard to build an outstanding reputation for excellent work and consistently positive patient outcomes. In that case, you may qualify to become part of Marvel Group’s Surgical Stewardship™ program, which includes several different benefits that can all contribute to your professional and practice growth, including the Patient Promise™ and Patient Reported Outcomes.

How your reputation earns referrals  

When a physician refers a patient to you, it is a reflection of their personal judgment, so they have to be careful about any referrals they make because it could reflect on them negatively should something go wrong.

Referring physicians won’t hesitate to send patients to you when they know you have been accepted into the Surgical Stewardship™ program, which only invites the cream of the crop spine surgeons to participate. They will also be aware that you can offer your patients the Patient Promise, which covers out-of-pocket expenses up to $5,000 for any follow-up surgery that becomes necessary within 365 days of the original procedure.

The fact that you can offer this guarantee to your patients speaks volumes about the confidence you have in your surgical ability, as well as the confidence placed in you by Marvel Group. Not many surgeons of any type are able to provide a similar guarantee, and if they did, they might find it to be a very costly venture. Since you have the powerful support and backing of Marvel Group, you can make this promise to your patients, confident in the knowledge that only something extraordinary could happen to invoke the guarantee clause.

Referrals from patients 

Of course, you’ll also be earning referrals from individuals besides your professional peers. Grateful, satisfied patients are those who tell others about your expertise and write 5-star reviews. This can be even more powerful than a referral from a colleague, simply because it will reach many potential patients. Most patients make their decisions about which surgeon to choose based on the reviews and testimonials of others like themselves – people whose opinions they can trust.

This is how new patients learn about your outstanding reputation – they read about it online and hear about it first-hand from patients like themselves, who went through the same kind of surgery they are now facing. Every time you achieve a superior outcome with a patient, that is likely to be another happy client who is only too willing to pass along to others the good news about your proficiency and your professionalism.

Are you an elite spine surgeon?

If you’re an outstanding private practice spine surgeon who would like to know if you qualify to join our Surgical Stewardship™ program and access to our Patient Promise™ initiative, we invite you to contact us.