- Robo-Anesthesia?
- When is an Anesthesiologist “Immediately Available?”
- Anesthesiologist Compensation
- Insights for Anesthesiologists: Participating in Hospitals’ New Strategies
- Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians: Make Sure You are Enrolled in PECOS Now
- Hospitals May Pay for Anesthesia and Pain Medicine EHRs without Violating the Self-Referral or Anti-Kickback Laws
- Proposed “Medical Necessity” Restrictions on Post-Anesthesia Pain Blocks
- PQRS, the Value-Based Payment Modifier and Large Anesthesia Groups
- PQRS Refresher for Anesthesiologists, CRNAs and Pain Physicians
- ACOs, Antitrust and Anesthesiologists
- New Ways for Anesthesiologists to Add Value to the Management of their O.R.s
- Do ACOs Matter to Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians Yet?
- How Safe Are Anesthesia Practices From a RAC Attack?
- The Sun Shines on Payments from Drug Companies to Anesthesiologists and other Physicians
- What Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians Should Know about Health Insurance Exchanges
- The Company Model Presents Risks for Anesthesiologists and for ASCs
- Update Your Anesthesia Compliance Program: The Final HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules Are Here
- Medicare Locality Conversion Factors for Anesthesia Services Through 2013
- 2013 CPT Coding Changes Pain Management and Anesthesia
- What Anesthesiologists Should Know About Health Insurance Exchanges
- Rental Networks, Claims Repricers and Anesthesia Practices
- Anesthesia Managed Care Contract Rates
- Giving Thanks for Anesthesiologists
- The Fiscal Cliff and What it Means to Anesthesiologists
- Final Fee Schedule Rule for 2013 Cuts Conversion Factors, Allows Payment to Nurse Anesthetists for Chronic Pain Services
- Anesthesiologists and Payment for Acute Pain Services
- Sedation by Non-Anesthesia Providers
- The SGR and Anesthesiology — It’s That Time of Year Again
- Anesthesia Business Consultants to Aid Anesthesiologists in Securing the Benefits of Meaningful Use through Complete EHR with F1RSTUse
- Compensating Anesthesiologists for Attending Group Meetings
- The OIG Targets “Personally Performed” Anesthesiologist Services
- A Warning for Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians about Increased Billings through Better Technology
- Value-Based Purchasing for Hospitals Starts Now—and for Anesthesiologists, in 2015
- Anesthesiologists’ Role in Helping Surgery Centers Meet Their Quality Reporting Requirements
- Protect the Privacy and Security of Your Anesthesia Patients’ Electronic HIPAA Information
- New Hardship Exception for Anesthesiologists to Avoid the EHR Penalty">New Hardship Exception for Anesthesiologists to Avoid the EHR Penalty
- Effective Hospital-Anesthesia Group Contracting: Understanding the Relationships Between Finance, Operations and Compliance
- When Negotiations with Carriers Force Anesthesiologists to Go Out of Network
- Anesthesiologists’ Investments in ASCs
- Proposed Changes for Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians Who Report Measures to the PQRS
- Payment and Quality Changes Affecting Anesthesiologists in the 2013 Proposed Fee Schedule Rule
- What Anesthesia Practices Should Do With Unclaimed Funds Belonging to Patients
- After the Supreme Court Decision: Anesthesiologists Must Proceed With a Perioperative Care Model
- What Does Medicare’s 3-Day Payment Rule Mean for Anesthesia and Pain Practices?
- Tips for Anesthesia Practices to Get the Surgeons to the OR on Time
- OIG to Anesthesia Practices: Think Again Before You Pay Your ASC for the “Franchise”
- Latest Government Fraud Reports and How They Affect Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians
- As an Anesthesiologist, What Should I Do About Meaningful Use if I am a Medicaid Provider?
- Collecting Payments from Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Patients
- Anesthesiology Plays a Role in Coordinating Management of Knee Replacement Patients, Contributing to Better Outcomes
- What the Proposed 60-Day Overpayment Refund Rule Means for Anesthesia Practices
- A New Quality Tool for Anesthesia Departments
- Managing Compensation for Anesthesiologists, CRNAs and AAs
- Medicare ACOs Are Blooming (With or Without Anesthesiologists)
- The Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court and Anesthesiologists – Just the Facts, Please
- ICD-10 Delay Will Benefit Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Practices
- Medicare Updates of Interest to Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians
- Practice Management Companies’ Acquisitions of Anesthesia Practices
- What Anesthesiologists Should Know about Medicare Prepayment Reviews
- Performance Based Compensation: Benchmarking, Monitoring and Improving Quality
- Performance-Based Compensation in Contracts between Hospitals and Anesthesia Groups: Measures
- Demystifying “Meaningful Use” for Anesthesiologists
- The Anesthesia Conversion Factor and the Medicare Fee Schedule, 20 Years Later
- Postoperative Pain Management Procedures Can Still Be Reported Separately from the Anesthesia Service
- Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program: An Introduction for Anesthesiologists
- 2011 Medicare Rates for Anesthesia and Other Services Extended Through February
- Texas Statute Requires Anesthesia Informed Consent
- Results of Survey Regarding a Network of Anesthesia Practices
- PQRS 2012 for Anesthesiologists and Pain Specialists
- Anesthesia and the Version 5010 Standard
- How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Anesthesiologists After the Supreme Court Rules?
- Information Technology, Patient Safety and Anesthesia Practice
- Be Careful With What You Say About One Another
- Do the Finalized ACO Regulations Help Anesthesiologists?
- A Major Change to the Perioperative/Anesthesia IT Integration Landscape
- 1 Anesthesia Group + 1 Anesthesia Group > 2 Anesthesia Groups
- Federal Budget Proposals and Medicare Payments for Anesthesia Services
- E-Prescribing by Anesthesiologists and Pain Physicians: Web Portal to Request Exemption is Up and Running
- HIPAA Privacy Rule Update for Anesthesiologists
- Electronic Prescribing: Anesthesiologists Will Soon Be Able to Request Their Exemptions
- The Medicare Bundled Payment Iniative and Anesthesia Services
- Anesthesia Providers: Plan to Revalidate Your Medicare Enrollment When Your Carrier Asks
- Medicare’s eRx and EHR Incentive Programs – Clearing Up the Confusion for Anesthesiologists
- Anesthesia and Social Media
- A Manual for all Anesthesiologists
- The IPAB Threat to Anesthesiologists and All Other Physicians
- Anesthesiology and the Proposed Rule for the 2012 Medicare Fee Schedule
- When is an Anesthesiologist's Signature Good Enough for Medicare?
- Health Plans Tighten the Belt – Around Anesthesiologists’ and Others’ Midsections
- Information from ASA on (1) Joint Commission Requirements and (2) Anesthesia Information Management
- Most Anesthesiologists Will Be Exempt from Medicare Electronic Prescribing Penalties ">
- Anesthesiologists' and CRNAs' Error Rates in Reporting PQRS Measures
- More Facet Joint Injection Pain
- Developing Leaders in Anesthesiology
- Anesthesiologists Visit Congress
- Compliance Update for Anesthesiologists
- Anesthesiologist and CRNA Participation Rates in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRS), and New Compensation Data
- Preparing Your Anesthesia Practice for the 5010 Eletronic Transactions Standard
- ACO Proposed Rules–Will the Potential Waivers from Medicare Fraud Laws Benefit Anesthesiologists?
- Anesthesia Practice Cost and Revenue Data
- The Future As Seen From the Anesthesia Administration Assembly Conference
- What Should Anesthesiologists Know About the RACs?
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