ABC Expands Service Offering to Include Real-Time Performance and Quality MANAGEMENT

Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC (ABC) is proud to announce that we have entered into a partnership with Quantum, Inc. to offer the Quantum Clinical Navigation System™ (Quantum) to anesthesiology groups. The Quantum software is an important option for groups already using ABC's proprietary billing and practice management system, F1RSTAnesthesia™. Read more...

Register today for the first Meeting of the Washington Area Anesthesiology Administrators Group

ABC is inviting up to 40 anesthesiologists and practice administrators from Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia to meet to organize a group that will foster networking and information exchange on best practices, current problems and resources on the local level. Read more...

Aetna's Reversal

We are extremely pleased, on behalf of our clients, their patients and the community, with Aetna's latest announcement stating that it will continue to pay for anesthesia services provided for gastrointestinal endoscopies. Read more...

PQRI 2008

Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) has reviewed the PQRI (Physician Quality Reporting Initiative) measures for 2008. Contained within is information we hope will help guide your decision as to what measures you might want to report. Read more...

ASA to Atena: Medical Necessity is a Medical Decision

Immediately after sending you our message about the new Aetna policy on anesthesia for endoscopy, we received a copy of a letter, also with Friday's date, from Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D., ASA President, to Aetna's Chief Medical Officer Troyen A. Brennan, M.D, M.P.H. . In that letter, Dr. Apfelbaum vigorously expressed ASA's concerns about the policy's interference with the physician-patient relationship and asked Aetna to reconsider implementation. Read more...

Anesthesia Conversion Factors (CFs) for
Medicare Localities

Jackson, MI, January 09, 2008 - Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC (ABC) is pleased to announce that the national average CF is $19.96, up $3.87 from $16.09 in 2007. The latest anesthesia conversion factors (CFs) for all 91 Medicare localities are available on our website. Read more...

Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC Recruits
Karin Bierstein, JD, MPH

Jackson, MI, August 21, 2007 - Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC (ABC) is proud to announce that it has engaged Karin Bierstein, JD, MPH as Vice President for Strategic Planning and Practice Affairs. Read more...