Summary:  Not every anesthesia practice has a winning strategy when it comes to the all-important relationship with the hospital. Today's article addresses the dynamics of that relationship and how anesthesia groups can successfully manage it.Too many anesthesia practices are experiencing a less than collaborative relationship with the admini...

With changes in hospital profit margins, it is time for anesthesia practices to take greater hold of their own financial reins. This will necessarily involve a different approach to their relationships with the administration.Routine can be a good thing. It keeps us on track and hopefully continuing on a positive path. Every morning, you make up th...

Data is key to a successful anesthesia practice; but what good is data if it is not being reviewed, properly understood and effectively utilized? Today's article addresses the history and future of anesthesia metrics.Conventional wisdom holds that anesthesia practices are captive to the facilities they serve. It is the location of the facility that...

It is an oddity of human nature that we are drawn to television programs that continue to extend the story, where succeeding episodes build upon the plotlines of the last. What used to be relegated to the day-time soap operas of the sixties and seventies became commonplace in nightly dramas from Dallas to Downton Abbey. Remarkably, that soap opera ...

Summary: Anesthesia is entering a transitory period where the reliance on negotiations with insurance companies as the sole path to profitability is no longer the sure strategy it once was. New realities have set in, and new solutions must be considered. Imperiled ProfitabilityHistorically, the ability to negotiate favorable contract rates has bee...