Postoperative Pain Blocks: Taking Another Look
Astrophysicists had it right. Or so they thought. For decades, they held to certain assumptions about the early formation of the universe; but then…
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A Medical Morality Play: Senators Take Aim at Private Equity
“Initech is an evil corporation, all right?!” For that matter, “Chotchkie’s is wrong,” as well. If you’re a devotee of the movie Office Space, you’ll…
Pre-Authorization Nation: The Growing Challenge for Medical Practices
“Mother, may I?” was the familiar refrain from an old-school children’s game that required obtaining permission before proceeding forward. If you failed to first…
Fair Market Value for Anesthesia Practices
The notion of a fair market value (FMV) analysis is very common in real estate. The intent is to determine the price that a…
Medicare to Deny Anesthesia for Facet Injections
The trend continues. At least as it concerns Medicare, times are getting harder for anesthesia providers in the context of pain injection procedures. As…
Pushing Against the Pillars of Power: AHA Makes Its Case to CMS
An ancient account tells of a single man who was pitted against an entire community, including its rulers and a throng of thousands. But…
Cracking the Code: Qualifying and Quantifying the QZ Modifier
It was called the Enigma machine. During WWII, it was Germany’s fail-safe encryption device that would secure all communications between its fleet of U-boats…
An Ounce of Prevention: The Increasing Priority of Compliance Programs
BY JUSTIN VAUGHN, MDIVVice President of Anesthesia Compliance, Coronis Health, Pineville, LA Among the maxims we Americans have heard and repeated over the decades…
Community, Collaboration, Critical Access and Cash
BY DANIEL DOUGLASVice President of Operations, Hospital Division, Coronis Health, Boston, MA No, the “four Cs” represented above are not categories for diamond characteristics…
The Corporate Transparency Act: What It Means For You
BY CHRISTOPER H. RYAN, ESQ.Taft, Southfield, MI The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) took effect in January, 2024, and it is likely to impact the…
Are Clinical Texts Acceptable? CMS Weighs in
BY JUSTIN VAUGHN, MDIVVice President of Anesthesia Compliance, Coronis Health, Pineville, LA We all do it. Unless you’re physically impaired or living off the…
The Impact of Toxic Leaders on Your Healthcare Organization
BY J. BRYAN BENNETTMBA, CPA, LSSGB, CEO & Chief Leadership Innovation Officer, Elite Leadership Academy, LLC., San Diego, CA Toxic leaders are like weeds…
