Listening with Intent: New AI Tool for Recording and Reporting
Your doctor shows up in the exam room. He sits down and asks what’s going on with you as far as symptoms. Questions designed…
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Divining The Future Of The Specialty
Many years ago, a University of Texas faculty member, Dr. Ahm Abouleish, shared a very prescient prediction of the specialty of anesthesia. It went…
Early Signs of Success: Study Finds Good News for Hospital Finances
Remember starting a new school year? There is a fresh hope and optimism about doing well and making the grade. And then it arrives:…
A Season of Pledges: Promises to Lessen Pre-Authorization Pain
Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day—we’ve just come through the most patriotic period of the year for Americans. Over the course of just a…
United Healthcare Targets Anesthesia
Yesterday, United Healthcare (UHC) issued a Policy Update Bulletin that will have the effect of reducing reimbursement for anesthesia providers in three key areas.…
“The Digital Doctor Will See You Now” When AI Becomes More Proficient Than Physicians
Medical superintelligence: that’s what one technology giant is hoping to achieve with its latest artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Microsoft says that its new MAI…
The Importance of Anesthesia Documentation
Anesthesia billing is completely different from the billing that pertains to any other medical specialty. While the surgical biller just needs to pick the…
Hope in the Air: Senate Considers Medicare Payment Boost
It doesn’t always have to go wrong. Sometimes, good things can and do occur. And the ability to recognize that and embrace that is…
The Problems with Prior Authorizations: The AMA Produces Findings
It was too much for high school basketball player Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) who just found out he inherited his father’s werewolf gene:…
Are Group Anesthesia Practices Dying?
All American anesthesia practices fall into three broad categories. There are group practices that are contracted with a single facility or a collection of…
Next Gen Medicine: AI in the Facility Setting
“Oh, what a world we’re living in,” says the elderly woman as her great-granddaughter shows her the latest electronic wizardry on her smartphone. A…
Murky Waters: Where the Medical Record Meets AI
Down in bayou country, where the maze of marshlands meets the open gulf, there are bodies of water with inconsistent properties. These are lakes…
