Summary: While general surveys of anesthesia practice compensation may have some value, it is more important to assess what would cause a provider to want to join your group or to leave your group. Those potential causes are analyzed in today's alert.One of the most perplexing challenges in the current anesthesia market is determining what is a fai...

Summary: The rules surrounding the use of ABNs for Medicare beneficiaries are robust and readily available. When non-Medicare patients present with non-covered services, however, the provider will find that the notification rules are anything but uniform. Care will have to be exercised to follow the diverse provisions of each payer's expectations.T...

Summary: The anesthesia specialty is critical to America's overall healthcare system. However, according to a newly released study, the nation is facing a growing dearth of anesthesia providers. The hot topic of the day is the shortage in anesthesia manpower. Not since the 1990s with the publication of the Abt Corporation report has there been suc...

Summary:  The goal of every anesthesia practice is financial and strategic independence. This allows practices to pursue clinical and business opportunities that will support their ongoing financial viability. The problem is that, for some practices, the impact of deteriorating payer mix, declining volume, and unreasonable coverage and call r...

Summary:Medicare Guidelines limiting the place of service for a number of common procedures changed in 2020. Of these, the total hip has been the most significant. The migration of these cases from inpatient to outpatient venues proves to be a useful and relevant case study.As the premier provider of outsourced billing and management information to...