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…
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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…
Rising Temperatures: Explosion in Workplace Violence
As we enter the summer months, things will be heating up. That’s to be expected from a climactic perspective. But the increasing temperatures aren’t…
Part of the TEAM: Preparing for Medicare’s New Hospital Model
Tinkering with current programs or creating new ones is what government does best, some would argue. Take this new notion arising from the Centers…
Unsound Ultrasounds: New Impediment to USG Payment
Stasis is the absence of change. Is that a good thing or bad? Well, that depends on your perspective. Some individuals like having things…
Making Progress: New Physician Payment Plan Being Considered
One of the primary causes of consternation among American physicians and other practitioners is the steady decline in Medicare reimbursement, especially relative to inflation,…
Drug Prices on the Way Down? Administration Issues New Mandate
Having just come through a particularly painful inflationary period, it would be nice to hear news of prices stabilizing or even going down. To…
The Perfect Partner: Connecting Anesthesia and the ASC
It’s not always easy to find the right match. That goes for socks, as well as spouses. But it also applies to business relationships.…
Anesthesia Demographic Challenges
When most anesthesia providers think about the challenge of getting paid properly and expeditiously for their charges, they tend to think about the specifics…
