Anesthesia groups continue to be presented with opportunities to participate in hospital co-management arrangements. These arrangements are one way that hospitals and physicians can align in order to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided through one or more hospital service lines.

By achieving such objectives, participating hospitals and physicians are likely to receive more favorable third-party payer reimbursement and to become more competitive.

Before diving into these relationships, however, anesthesiologists should be aware of a few basic facts: