Summary:  Common wisdom is one thing, but looking at the raw data gives us a more accurate perspective on the reality of the situation. Today's alert dives into the numbers and reveals trends regarding age, gender and case type.The prevailing view among most anesthesia providers is that their patient populations are slowly aging. According to...

Summary: Every now and then, we need a little help from our friends. It's no surprise, then, that we occasionally come across two anesthesia providers in the same operating room at the same time. What does this mean from a compliance and compensation standpoint? Today's article dishes on the details.In his heyday, no one was more proficient a...

SummaryWhat are the typical services performed by non-physician practitioners, such as physician assistants, within a chronic pain practice, and is there a way to optimize their value to the group? Those are the questions today's article will explore.In last week's e-alert, we discussed the various policy issues associated with the use of nurse pra...

SummaryDiscussion continues on how to address the labor needs in the specialty of anesthesia, which is projected to worsen as the US population (and anesthesia physician population) ages. Community-based residency programs—common in internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and OB-GYN—may help the specialty of anesthesiology address these need...

Summary:  There are several new rules for 2021 that either directly or peripherally involve the practice of anesthesia or interventional pain. This article lists some of the provisions found in the 2021 Medicare PFS Final Rule that will be of interest to many of our readers. In previous weeks, we have attempted to summarize for you some of th...