Surgeons
From One Surgeon to Another
I spent 33 years in surgical practice. Here’s what I wish I had known.
I built a good practice with the traditional moves — peer-to-peer outreach, publications, lunch-and-learns, prompt referral letters. What I failed to do — and what I now believe would have been worth half the rest of it — was reach the buyer who actually cared about my outcomes data.
Self-insured employers. Regional health plans. Sophisticated patients. The buyer-side market that surgeons like me never had access to.
“I was sitting on a gold mine of outcomes data and didn’t know how to monetize it. Most surgeons today are in the same position. SurgiQuality is the channel I wish had existed.”
The problem you didn’t sign up for
You’re already being scored — silently, often unfairly, with no way to respond.
Claims-data aggregators are scoring you right now. Patient review sites are scoring you. Spend-data analytics inside employer networks are scoring you. Most surgeons never look at what’s accumulating — and that’s exactly the problem.
Anecdotal reviews surface to the front. The patient who had a difficult outcome on a complex revision case gets equal weight with the routine cholecystectomy. The patient whose expectations went unmet rates you below the colleague who refused that case in the first place. Bad reviews compound. You never had a chance to stand up for yourself.
Case complexity is nowhere in the math. The surgeon doing complex revision work gets punished by scoring systems that can’t distinguish a 2-hour first-time procedure from a 6-hour revision on a 78-year-old with three comorbidities.
You have no platform to respond. No way to present your real outcomes — risk-adjusted, fairly compared — alongside the noise. The silent scoring continues. And it shapes every future patient’s decision before they ever read a word about your training, your network, or the years you’ve spent doing the work right.
SurgiQuality is the system you wish had existed: your outcomes extracted from your own case records, risk-adjusted using published methodology you can read and challenge, presented to patients as a defensible representation of your actual work — with credit for case complexity, not penalty for taking it on.
Unlock the potential of your surgical case records
Your case records hold years of evidence of the work you actually do.
SurgiQuality unlocks that potential — extracting, risk-adjusting, and surfacing your real outcomes through an AKS-compliant marketplace that turns your case records into a patient-facing profile that does the talking. Visibility reflects your outcomes — never your subscription.
Your outcomes, where patients can finally see them
Most surgeons doing great work are invisible to the patients who need them most. SurgiQuality changes that — without crossing into volume promises or referral guarantees.
What patients see
Your real, risk-adjusted outcomes scores by CPT — volume, success rate, complication rate — on a patient-facing profile alongside other surgeons in their consideration set.
What patients do
Filter by procedure, specialty, insurance, and state. Compare outcomes side-by-side. Choose the surgeon whose data is most defensible for their case.
What SurgiQuality does NOT do
Send you patients. Promise volume. Pay you for referrals. Route specific cases to specific surgeons. Visibility reflects outcomes — never your subscription.
The surgeons whose outcomes data is most defensible are the ones patients tend to choose. We make your real work visible to the people who are deciding. The rest is up to your outcomes.
How patients find you
SurgiQuality builds the patient discovery side. Patients choose — we don’t.
Patients who pre-vet before they pick
surgiquality.com is positioned for the “I’ve been told I need surgery” moment. Patients submit a case, review surgeons’ published outcomes, and request multiple opinions.
Self-insured employer plans surfacing you to members
We’re integrated with employee-benefit navigators serving millions of covered lives at self-insured employers. When a member needs surgery, their navigator can surface SurgiQuality as an outcomes-based option for them to consider.
Earned reach
Press coverage plus word-of-mouth from patients — and from surgeons — who’ve used the service. Reach compounds with outcomes, not advertising.
No volume guarantees. SurgiQuality does not promise patient flow, route patients to specific surgeons, or guarantee any number of cases. Visibility reflects your published outcomes — never your subscription.
Why we don’t promise patient volume — and why that matters
Any platform promising specific patient volume in exchange for participation is structuring something that won’t survive federal regulatory review. We charge a service fee for outcomes measurement and patient-facing visibility — not for routing patients. Patients choose you because your outcomes data justifies the choice; not because we sent them. That distinction is what makes SurgiQuality durable — and is why surgeons who understand the regulatory landscape find this model more trustworthy than alternatives that over-promise.
Your outcomes could be working for your premium.
SurgiQuality is building partnerships with major malpractice carriers to formally recognize Accelerate as a risk-management program on their approved list. When your carrier joins, your subscription may qualify you for a premium credit.
Why carriers care: risk-adjusted, third-party-measured outcomes are the forward-looking signal underwriters prefer over claims history alone. Continuous quality improvement is the loss-prevention frame carriers already credit for — SurgiQuality fits that structure.
What this means for you: Accelerate becomes a credentialed program, not just a subscription. We do the carrier conversations on behalf of the network — you don’t negotiate alone. Your data stays under your control; SurgiQuality is the third-party measurement provider.
Early subscribers matter: carrier programs require a participant base. Being on Accelerate now means you’re in the founding cohort when the first carrier program goes live.
Illustrative math — not a guarantee
| Specialty | Premium | 10% credit | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | $30K | $3,000 | break-even |
| Orthopedic | $50K | $5,000 | +$2K |
| OB/Gyn | $100K | $10,000 | +$7K |
| Neurosurgery | $150K | $15,000 | +$12K |
Net = annual premium credit minus $3,000 Accelerate. Credit amounts shown are illustrative; each carrier sets its own program terms.
How this stays compliant: the carrier independently decides any credit. SurgiQuality is paid by surgeons for outcomes measurement, never by carriers for surgeon volume. Patients always choose their surgeon based on transparent outcomes — subscription does not influence visibility, placement, or referrals.
Reading this and want the longer story? Read my letter to surgeons → — Sanjay
Profile
Verified profile · SurgiConnect app · case matching · no-cost credentialing.
Profile & visibility
- Get noticed. Upload your CV — impress patients with your accomplishments, awards & publications. The richer your profile, the stronger the impression.
- Push alerts for relevant new cases in your subspecialty (SurgiConnect)
- Surgical cases connect to your profile as they arise
- International patient interest — visibility to patients worldwide seeking US-based surgical care
- Improve your case mix — already at capacity? Shift toward cases that match your preferences
Case matching that fits you
- All cases in your specialty reach you
- Insurance Preference matching — set which you prefer (Commercial · Medicare · Medicaid · Self-Pay · Workers' Comp); change any time
- State-licensure aware — only patients in states where you're licensed
Surgical case review
- Review relevant, de-identified medical records — prior provider visits, preop notes, labs & radiology when available
- Free DICOM viewer — scroll through CT, MRI & ultrasound scans
Painless onboarding
- No-cost credentialing — done for you
- Fast-track verification — ID.me, NPI & CAQH rolling out
Accelerate
Everything in Profile — plus your real, risk-adjusted outcomes shown on patient-facing profile.
Added with Accelerate
- Reach cases by CPT code of interest — targeted beyond specialty level
- EMR connection — customized interface connects with most systems
- 13-step controlled pipeline — rigorous de-identification + comprehensive AI analysis produce real-time, risk-adjusted outcomes scores
- Human-in-the-loop review — preliminary scoring presented by CPT code with supporting analysis
- Finalize scoring for presentation to marketplace
- Quarterly score updates — outcomes stay current as new cases come in
- Benchmark against peers — uncover your areas of strength
- Improve your case mix — already at capacity? Shift toward cases that match your preferences and outcomes profile
Available with use license
Legal & malpractice
- Powerful for legal defense — independently validated outcomes you can share with your attorney in an active claim
Payer & contracting
- Useful for payer negotiations — bring documented outcomes to your next contract renewal
- Direct employer & self-insured contracting
- Value-based, ACO & bundled-payment contracts
Hospital & academic
- Hospital privileging & credentialing renewals
- Faculty appointments & academic credibility
SurgiQuality does not guarantee, generate, or sell referrals. As surgical cases arise, they connect to your profile; patients ultimately choose their surgeon, based on transparent, risk-adjusted outcomes. Your subscription pays for outcomes measurement and validation services — never for placement, ranking, or referrals. Visibility reflects outcomes, not payment.