Through every step in establishing a potential practice partnership, starting with initial introductions, we emphasize that the first focus and highest priority at Growth Ortho is patient outcome. We only explore partnerships with groups we believe share this focus. While expansion of the platform is important, we believe it must be rooted in sustainable growth at our partner practices and ideally a direct result of improvement in or expansion of patient care. Importantly, we are not an aggregator with a singular focus on building scale. At the core, we ensure these values are preserved by ensuring physicians retain autonomy and the ability to drive growth in their market - the delivery of care is controlled by providers at the local level without exception, and physicians have an important say in providers that join the practice.