Summary:  What happens when you make a mistake in your medical record documentation? Do you just write over it or, in the EMR context, simply hit delete and reenter? What about the timing of the revision? All these and other topics related to revising the anesthesia record are discussed in today's article.In November of 1948, editors of the C...

Summary:  As a significant number of anesthesia groups have a chronic pain component, we felt a review of the pandemic's impact on interventional pain management might prove beneficial. An analysis of several groups providing pain management services yielded some surprising results.As the largest provider of outsourced billing and practice ma...

Summary:  Among the many documentation components required on the anesthesia record is the provider's signature. However, many don't realize that there are several attendant rules surrounding this basic task that make this component a bit more complicated than one might initially think.The delivery man comes to the door with an expensive packa...

Summary: Recent changes within the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Relative Value Guide (RVG) signal a shift in payment for a key category of services. How is this shift affecting your reimbursement, and are there strategies for fending off revenue reductions? Today's article addresses these important questions.Each year the American So...

Summary:  The balance between providing excellent care and receiving reasonable reimbursement continues to be a tenuous proposition for anesthesia practices. As groups search for the best model and the best practices, there are daunting obstacles to overcome.There are two common misconceptions that hospital administrators frequently use to ta...