Dr. Opelka, MD is a distinguished surgeon awardee of the American College of Surgeons and their immediate past Medical Director for Quality and Health Policy. He is an expert in healthcare transformation, alternative payment models, episodes of care, episode grouper analytics, quality metrics, and digital services for better care. He currently serves as a consultant to institutions and enterprises in modernizing healthcare systems for episodes of care.
Selected publications from PubMed
The American College of Surgeons Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part II) : Advocacy and Public Policy.
Wexner SD, Opelka F, Bailey PV, Cortés-Guiral D
Am Surg. 2020 Jul;86(7):757-761 doi: 10.1177/0003134820936614.
Association of Patient-reported Experiences and Surgical Outcomes Among Group Practices: Retrospective Cohort Study.
Liu JB, Pusic AL, Gibbons CJ, Opelka FG, Sage JS, Thompson VM, Ko CY, Hall BL, Temple LK
Ann Surg. 2020 Mar;271(3):475-483 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003034.
A decade of decline: an analysis of Medicare reimbursement for vascular surgical procedures.
York JW, Lepore MR, Opelka FG, Sternbergh WC, Money SR
Ann Vasc Surg. 2002 Jan;16(1):115-20.
Effect of previous surgery on abdominal opening time.
Beck DE, Ferguson MA, Opelka FG, Fleshman JW, Gervaz P, Wexner SD
Dis Colon Rectum. 2000 Dec;43(12):1749-53.
Discontinuous appendiceal involvement in ulcerative colitis: pathology and clinical correlation.
Perry WB, Opelka FG, Smith D, Hicks TC, Timmcke AE, Gathright JB Jr, Farr GH Jr, Beck DE
J Gastrointest Surg. 1999 Mar-Apr;3(2):141-4.
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