SUMMARY Covered entities, including anesthesia practices, are required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to execute a contract with business associates to safeguard the privacy and security of protected health information (PHI). As the holder of the PHI, anesthesia groups should make sure they understand ...

SUMMARY The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the anesthesia Qualified Clinical Data Registries, including ABC's QCDR, have formed a QCDR Roundtable to discuss and work on common interests related to measure development and implementation for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). ABC encourages anesthesia groups participating in ...

Neda M. Ryan, Esq. Corporate Compliance Attorney, ABCThe National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was established under Title IV of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and has been operational since September of 1990. The NPDB impacts both anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) as certain entities are requir...

SUMMARY The mass shooting in Las Vegas reminds us of the vital role of anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists in large-scale emergency preparedness and disaster response. We present a selection of items on this topic, including an OR Mass Casualty Checklist developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a comprehensive must-read cha...

Dateline PhoenixPhoenix. No, not the city in Arizona, but the mythical bird. The one that springs to life from the ashes of its predecessor.Anesthesia groups, like birds, have a life cycle. Birth to death. Formation to failure.The group's founders hatch the concept and bring it into existence. The group obtains business traction in its infancy and ...