Neda M. Ryan, Esq. Compliance Counsel, Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC, Jackson, MIImagine seeing the following message flash onto your computer screen: "Many of your documents, photos, videos, databases and other files are no longer accessible because they have been encrypted." What would you do?That is the message computer users in more than...

SUMMARY During the past five years, the code for fluoroscopy guidance in the management of chronic pain (77003) has been bundled into all of the most common chronic pain modalities, such as paravertebral facet joint injections and transforaminal injections. The same thing seems to be happening with the use of ultrasonic guidance (USG) in the p...

Howard Greenfield, MD Co-Founder and Principal, Enhance Healthcare Consulting, Aventura, FLJody Locke, MA Vice President of Anesthesia and Pain Practice Management Services Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC, Jackson, MIAs of April 1, 2017, eight entities employed more than 22 percent of all anesthesia providers in the United States. The size and...

SUMMARY Moving from a paper-based anesthesia record to an anesthesia information management system (AIMS) or from one AIMS to another is not a simple task, but anesthesia care providers can ease the transition by becoming involved early in the process, working closely with their billing vendor to minimize the implementation's negative impact on acc...

One look at a graph showing completed acquisitions of anesthesiology and pain practices over the past several years reveals an upward slope and a clear illustration of a marked trend within the specialty. Acquisitions have grown steadily, from three in 2009 to 37 in 2016. According to one source, anesthesia and pain practice acquisitions increased ...