It's all in how you finish. Sprinting out of the gates at the sound of the starting gun during a local marathon will put you in the lead for a while. You'll look pretty good in comparison to all your competitors, at least for a short time; but, because you expended so much energy at the outset, you're likely to quickly tire and wind up finishing de...

Summary: Anesthesia retains a unique tool that has the potential to positively reshape efficiency, financial viability and work flow. The problem is that this tool is so often poorly wielded by both the group and the facility. Historically, revenue cycle management companies have developed their software to navigate the intricacies and exigen...

Summary:  For doctors who medically direct, their primary focus should be the room or rooms they are overseeing. Nevertheless, national and local Medicare rules allow the medically directing doctor to perform certain other services, as well. What are these services and are they applicable in every jurisdiction? Today's alert provides answers....

Last month, we published an alert outlining the provisions of the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule (PR) that were most pertinent to the practice of anesthesia. As promised in that alert, this article will act to provide further details arising from the PR that may impact our readers' practices—including those in the chronic ...

Summary: While reasonable payment rates among commercial plans for anesthesia services were forthcoming in the past, it is clearly becoming more difficult to obtain adequate rates from many payers. This, coupled with fairly flat Medicare and Medicaid rates and a growing Medicare and Medicaid population, translates to significant pressure on gr...