Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC), a leading provider in billing and practice management for the anesthesia and pain management specialty, is pleased to announce the release of the fall issue of its quarterly newsletter, The Communiqué.The Communiqué is dedicated to publishing articles and advice, specific to the anesthesia and pain management community that are practical and tangible. The Communiqué is complimentary. It features articles focusing on the latest hot topics for anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, pain management specialists, anesthesia practice administrators and especially C-Suite executives in health systems where anesthesia is an important factor.ABC is pleased to provide The Communiqué electronically as well as in hard-copy versions.The fall 2015 issue features articles designed to help readers navigate the changes in the world of anesthesia. The Perioperative Surgical Home: “Right for our Group?” by Rick Bushnell, MD, MBA, a private practice anesthesiologist in Southern California, is a shining example of the response that the...
Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) is pleased to announce Anesthesia Valet™, an exciting, new platform to support the quality reporting programs designed to enable the anesthesia specialty and as mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Anesthesia Valet is an easy, streamlined solution developed exclusively for the anesthesia specialty to document, analyze and submit quality data to the Anesthesia Quality Institute’s (AQI) Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) database. ABC has been a preferred vendor of the AQI since 2010; the AQI was founded by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) in 2008. The AQI established the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR) for the collection and reporting of anesthesia quality metrics.Starting in 2015, Eligible Professionals need to report quality data to a designated QCDR or potentially face reimbursement penalties from CMS. “NACOR not only meets CMS’ reporting requirements as a designated QCDR, but provides the anesthesia speciality a valuable resource...
Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) is pleased to announce its latest partnership with the Louisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport Department of Anesthesiology (LSUHSC – Shreveport). The Department of Anesthesiology at LSUHSC – Shreveport is a part of a world class university and thriving medical school that is committed to being a center of excellence in educational training in anesthesiology, critical care medicine and interventional pain management along with providing innovative programs to develop management skills and future leaders in the specialty of anesthesiology. ABC is thrilled to support LSUHSC – Shreveport Department of Anesthesiology with their billing operations, as well as other programs, into the future.“The Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport Department of Anesthesiology is excited about the ability to work with the premier anesthesia billing and consulting company for our specialty. They possess a wealth of experience and expertise which will provide a multitude of benefits for...
Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC), a leading provider in billing and practice management for the anesthesia and pain management specialty, is pleased to announce the release of its new client portal and included analytics desktop and mobile access products aimed at anesthesia practices to increase access and visibility of their practice data.ABC’s new portal, F1RSTClient™, is now available and delivers secure, seamless single-sign-on (SSO) access in a fully integrated system utilizing the powerful F1RSTAnesthesia™ and the flexibility of the F1RSTAnalytics™ series of dashboards—now available on desktops as well as mobile access.F1RSTAnesthesia is ABC's proprietary software that gives clients a powerful tool to convert clinical information into claims for reimbursement. The software supports electronic claims editing to ensure consistently high billing acceptance rates, and minimizes manual intervention in payment posting through direct remittance processing. Clients are able to access the details of their practice and to view trends securely online.F1RSTAnalytics is ABC’s Big...
Anesthesia Business Consultants is pleased to announce the success of the 2nd annual Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management (AIAPM). The AIAPM was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on April 17-19, 2015 and attracted 340 participants, an increase of nearly 10 percent over the 2014 inaugural AIAPM.During three days of plenary and breakout sessions, attendees heard presentations by 16 speakers including chief executives of national anesthesia practice management companies, private equity firm principals, academic anesthesiologists, compliance and health information technology experts and lawyers and consultants. Roundtable discussions, meals and refreshment breaks sponsored by some of the 35 exhibitors provided ample opportunity for participants to share information.The participants—practicing anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists, anesthesia group managers and billing professionals—were highly enthusiastic about the program. Comments received on the evaluation forms included the following:Excellent conference. The topics should be mandatory education for every anesthesia provider. Appreciate the expertise of the presenters.Great...