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• Summer 2022

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• Leveling the Playing Field
• Understanding the New Normal
• The Future of Independent Anesthesia Practice
• Anesthesia Services RFPs: Cognitive Biases and Hidden Opportunity
• Is Your Board Overloaded?
• Surgical Services on the Move
• Three Cybersecurity Safeguards to Implement in Your Organization Today

• Fall 2021

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• MIPS For 2022
• The More Things Change...
• In-House or Outsource? The Proverbial Quandary: Compelling Considerations for Outsourcing
• Popularity Contests and Disruptive Physicians: Avoiding the Death of Your Anesthesia Group
• Both New and Seasoned Coders Should Know the Many Risk Areas in Anesthesia Coding
• The Ebb and Flow of Anesthesia Practices
• Conflict and Governance

• Spring 2021

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• Dissecting the Impact of Covid-19 on the Specialty of Anesthesia
• Looking for Opportunity in the Face of Adversity
• Strategic Planning for Larger Groups
• Anesthesia Group Size and Governance: Bigger is Obviously Better— Until You Hit an Iceberg
• Value-Based Care Advances: CMS Issues New Final Rules for Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes
• The Role of Anesthesia Leaders in Driving Perioperative Performance
• Is Big Better? The Pros and Cons of Practice Aggregation

• Summer 2020

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• Who Really Owns Your Anesthesia Group?
• Coronavirus: A Game-Changing Event
• Internal Audits: Process and Frequency
• Governance Traps and Tricks
• Profile of an Anesthesia Ketamine Clinic
• “Boutique” Anesthesia Services
• COVID-19: Historic Breakthrough in Telemedicine

• Winter 2020

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• New Cases, New Tools in the Fight Against the “Company Model” Kickback Scheme
• Anesthesia Tips for the New Decade
• What Determines the Cost of Anesthesia Care?
• Chaos to Clarity: Resolving Strategic Issues
• Passing the Baton: Grooming the Next Generation of Group Leaders
• Funding a Private Investment Opportunity: Practical Tips for Physicians

• Fall 2019

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• What Does the QZ Modifier Really Mean?
• The Challenge of Change
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Why Some Negotiations Succeed
• What If Everyone Is Doing It But You Don't Want To: Resisting Acquisition By a Larger Anesthesia Group
• Perioperative Telehealth: Should Your Practice Make the Digital Leap?
• Documenting Anesthesia Services

• Spring 2019

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• Guidance for Anesthesia Practices on Bridging the Generation Gap(s)
• On Generation Gaps, HR Errors and 40 Years of Anesthesia Consulting
• Compensation for Anesthesia Group Leaders: Who, When, How Much and Why
• Getting It Right: 10 HR Mistakes Anesthesia Groups Should Watch Out For
• Hospital Divorces Anesthesia Group After 24 Years of Marriage: How to Avoid the Same Fate
• Assessing Ambulatory Anesthesia Opppportunities: Robust Due Diligence Required

• Winter 2019

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• MACRA Financials for Anesthesia Practices: What We’ve Learned So Far
• Keep Reporting MIPS Anesthesia Quality Data in 2019: Here’s Why
• HR Essentials for Anesthesia Groups: Keys to Finding and Keeping the Best
• Imagining Uberism in Anesthesia
• An Update on the ‘Company Model’ and Other Anesthesia Kickback Schemes
• Motivating Your Group to Deliver Value: Incentives That Work

• Fall 2018

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• A Self-Diagnostic for High-Performing Anesthesia Group Leaders
• Strength Means Service, Not Scale, in Today’s Anesthesia Market
• Adding Value for Special Circumstances: Field Avoidance and Special Positioning
• Hospital Co-Management Arrangements: Basics for Anesthesiologists
• Setting Your Strategic Goals in Motion: A How-To Guide for Anesthesia Groups
• What is the Future of Private Anesthesia Practice?

• Summer 2018

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• Why and How You Must Prepare Your Anesthesia Group for the Future
• Becoming a Cheetah and Other Survival Tactics
• The Winning Strategy for Billing Invasive Monitoring
• Anesthesia Group Meetings: Madness or Method—the Choice is Yours
• What is the Right Compensation for Your Providers?
• Lessons Learned: Five Tips for Buying or Selling a Practice

• Spring 2018

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• What’s the Problem? Providers’ Waivers of Patient Copays or Deductibles
• On Waivers, ASCs and Independent Anesthesia Practice
• Six Years On: The Growing Pains—and Remarkable Growth—of the Perioperative Surgical Home
• Ambulatory Anesthesia: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
• How Much Call is Too Much?
• Anesthesia Services RFPs: Reality, Unicorns and Cognitive Bias
• Independent Anesthesia Group Practice: A Short Manifesto

• Winter 2018

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• What Is the Value of Data and What Data Has Value? Today’s Anesthesia Management Challenge
• Staying Focused in Ambiguous Times
• Conflicts and Kickbacks: Risks for Hospital-Based Physician Groups
• Disrupting the Disruptive Physician
• How (Others’) Stupid Compliance Mistakes Can Save Your Life
• HIPAA Business Associate Agreements: Why These Contracts Matter

• Fall 2017

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• The Smart Anesthesia Group’s Guide to Defending a Payer Audit
• Anesthesia in an Era of Scrutiny: Learn, Plan and Prepare to Appeal
• Leading Leaders: Building Influence in a High-Talent Group
• The Flea That Killed the Medical Center CEO: A Cautionary Tale
• Your Hospital Issues an RFP for Anesthesia Services: Now What? (Part 2)
• Expanding Into Non-Hospital Venues: The True Measures of Success

• Summer 2017

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• Strategy and Adaptability in a Competitive Market: Lessons from the Nation’s Largest Anesthesia Organizations
• Building a Solid and Secure Future in Anesthesia
• Are You Prepared for a Ransomware Attack?
• Where Do We Go From Here? Choosing the Right Path in Turbulent Times
• Hospital CEO Turnover: What You Must Know and Do to Protect Your Anesthesia Group
• Your Hospital Issues an RFP for Anesthesia Services: Now What?

• Spring 2017

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• Predictions for Healthcare in a Trump Era
• On Congress, Carveouts and Crafting a Resilient Professional Identity
• Building Professional Resilience: Strategies For Anesthesia Practitioners
• Why Your Compliance Efforts May Be Worthless
• Effective Governance: Who Decides What?
• Anesthesiologists in the ICU: Economics and Other Considerations
• Preparing for the Financial After-Life

• Winter 2017

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• MACRA’s Physician-Focused Alternative Payment Model Options: A
• Anesthesia’s Transition to Value-Based Care
• The Perioperative Surgical Home: Preoperative Risk Stratification, Optimization and Value
• The MACRA Quality Payment Program Is Here. Are You Ready?
• Hope Is Not a Strategy: How to Create Your Strategic Business Plan
• Switzerland and the Anesthesia Group Structure
• The ACA’s Impact on Healthcare Payment
• Electronic Medical Records in Anesthesia: Who Will Benefit and How?

• Fall 2016

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• What Do We Really Know About ICD-10’s Potential Impact on Anesthesia?
• Anesthesiologists and the Changing Healthcare Landscape
• The Perioperative Surgical Home: Invest in Good Will
• Ten Things Anesthesiologists Should Understand About the Medicare Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model
• Preparing for Round 2 of HIPAA Audits
• What Anesthesiologists Need to Know About Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements
• Hope Is Not a Strategy: A Primer for Anesthesia Groups on Strategic Planning
• Anesthesia Mergers and Acquisitions and Post-Termination Obligations: Have You Terminated Your Future?

• Summer 2016

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• Thinking About Medical Errors
• The Importance of Communication in Peri-Anesthesia Matters
• Beyond CAHPS®—Measuring the Patient Experience Digitally and Why It Matters
• Collecting Dilemma of Anesthesia in 2016
• OIG Advisory Opinion Secrets And Strategies
• The Perioperatative Surgical Future
• Addressing Disruptive Behavior in Anesthesia Group Practices

• Spring 2016

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• The Perioperative Surgical Home: Of Economics and Value
• Owning Our Future
• Strengthening Your Board
• Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation—The Beginning or the End of the Anesthesia Provider?
• Critical Issues to Consider When Exploring the Sale of Your Practice
• The Road Not Taken
• Confidentiality in the Peer Review Process: What Does it Mean and What is Covered? Part II

• Winter2016

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• Impending Death of Hospitals: Will Your Anesthesia Practice Survive?
• The Evolving Relationships between Anesthesiologists and Their Hospitals and ASCs
• The Perioperative Surgical Home: Our Partnership with the C-Suite
• 2016 Coding Updates for Anesthesia
• “I’m Out Of Here!” Now What?
• Confidentiality in the Peer Review Process: What Does it Mean and What is Covered? Part I
• The Hospital is Your Practice’s Client—Understand Client Satisfaction to Retain Your Contract

• Fall 2015

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• The Perioperative Surgical Home: “Right for Our Group?”
• The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be
• Improving Board Performance
• Stark 101 for Anesthesiologists
• Anesthesia Informatics: The Future is Upon Us
• Ensuring the Hospital’s AIMS Produces the Business Information Your Practice Needs
• Managing the “L” Word in Your Practice’s Retirement Plan (Liability, That Is)
• A Basic Primer on the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative

• Summer 2015

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• Why Utilization and Productivity Metrics Matter
• Anesthesia Practices Are Not Islands
• Anesthesia Group Mergers, Acquisitions and (Importantly) Alternatives
• How an Investment Banker Can Make an Anesthesia Practice That Wants to Sell Become a More Attractive Acquisition Partner
• The SGR “Fix” in the Context of Anesthesia Practice
• Getting Paid by the Self-Pay Patient
• Has Someone Gotten In Trouble For Doing That? Lessons for Anesthesia Groups from Real Cases
• Is the Office of Inspector General Turning their Attention to Physician Issues?

• Spring 2015

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• Anesthesiologists and the World of ASCs: A Different Value Proposition
• The Only Constant In Healthcare Is Change
• Anesthesia Group Mergers: Strategies for Success
• Chronic Pain Management: An Overlooked Opportunity to Financially Partner with Your Hospital & Preserve Your Contract
• Numbers Don’t Lie, but…
• Lack of Succession Planning: Problem or Symptom
• Reviewing Anesthesia and Pain Management 2014 CERT Data to Improve Documentation and Revenue
• The Trend Toward Code Consolidation

• Winter 2015

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• Point-Counterpoint: Do National Anesthesia Management Companies Increase Revenues for Acquired Groups?
• From Monologue to Conversation
• QCDR Made Simple—Ha!
• Understanding the Impact of Individual Exchange Plans on
• Phoenix Project: Reconstructing a Local Group from the Ashes of Its Predecessor
• The National Practitioner Data Bank: What You Need to Know . . .
• It’s Update Time! 2015 Coding and Medicare Fee Schedule Updates for Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
• Ten Questions about ICD-10

• Fall 2014

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• Making Meaningful Use More Meaningful
• The Challenges are Great—And So Is the Expertise in Our Specialty
• The Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR)
• Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation (CAPS): Will it Change the Way Moderate Sedation is Administered?
• Anesthesia Practice Attributes Your Hospital Leadership Teams Value Most
• 10 Concerns Facing ASCs Heading Into 2015
• The Value of a Quality Practice Administrator
• Compliance Corner: Medicare’s Modifier 59 Expansion
• Potential Revenue Losses with Health Insurance Exchange Patients Due to Premium Payment Default

• Summer 2014

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• Working For Tips…
• M&As Still Going Strong: Position Your Anesthesia Practice
• Pre-Op Your Anesthesia Practice
• What’s Your Anesthesia Group Worth? And Why it Might Not Make Any Difference.
• Management Service Organizations and Anesthesia Practices Today and in the Future
• Changes Involving Payment for Post-Operative Pain Procedures
• The Role of Anesthesiologists in the Intensive Care Unit
• Improving the Documentation of Anesthesia Procedures
• Reporting Critical Care Services
• Field Avoidance and Special Positioning

• Spring 2014

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• The Dark Side of Quality
• Quality and Other Components of the Value Proposition
• What Do Hospitals Want From Anesthesia Groups?
• The Physician-Owned Management Services Organization
• Should You Apologize for a Poor Outcome?
• Thinking of Investing In, or Renting Space In, an ASC?
• ICD-10 is the Latest Y2K: The Potential Impact on Provider Revenue

• Winter 2014

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• Using Big Data for Big Research: MPOG, NACOR and other Anesthesia Registries
• Another Year of Changes Lies Ahead for Anesthesiologists
• Disruptive Change, Anesthesiologists, and ASCs
• Performing High Acuity Cases in ASCs: The Anesthesiologist’s Role
• Endoscopy : Revisited
• Reporting Postoperative Pain Management in 2014
• 2014 CPT Coding and Key Reimbursement Changes

• Fall 2013

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• A New Approach to Anesthesiology and Health Care System Safety: High Reliability Organizing (HRO)
• Value for Hospitals, Anesthesiology Practices and Physicians
• What is the Value of A Chronic Pain Practice to an Anesthesia Group?
• How to Legally Break Up with Your Patient
• The Siren Song of Hospital (Un)Employment
• So You’re Thinking About Serving as an Expert Witness? Here’s What You Need To Know.
• COMPLIANCE CORNER: Time is of the Essence. Are We Double Dipping?
• Tips For Improving Anesthesia Pre-Admission Testing Processes
• Many Practice Management Educational Opportunities for the Anesthesia Community

• Summer 2013

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• Creating a Clinical Database: Opening the Pandora’s Box or Mining the Treasure Trove
• Securing the Future for Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Practices
• Strengthening Your Anesthesiology Group
• Timing Is Everything: Divining the Wisdom of Anesthesia Aggregation in the Current Environment
• Student Training Programs May Pose Significant Liability Exposure to Anesthesiologists
• Are You Ready for ICD–10?
• A Retrospective Study of a Gastroenterology Facility: Are the Patients Sicker?

• Spring 2013

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• Successfully Competing In Anesthesia Services Today
• What Defines Success in Today’s Healthcare Environment?
• Are You Making This Mistake Concerning Competition?
• HIPAA Omnibus Rule: What Anesthesiologists Must Do Now
• Taking Security on the Road: Steps You Can Take to Secure Your Mobile Devices
• Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Compliance Risk Areas: Compliance Advice from Benjamin Franklin and Francis Bacon
• Health Information Management Challenges in the World of EHR

• Winter 2013

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• Disruption and the Theory of the Anesthesia Business
• Anesthesia Cliffhangers and Reprieves
• More Ingredients for your Alphabet Soup
• Is Big Better?
• A Survey of State Prompt Pay Laws, Part II
• The Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery Patient Checklist (ISOBS PC)
• Why You Need a Quality Management Program
• Compliance Corner: Reporting Post-Operative Pain Management Procedures in 2013
• Three Common Issues

• Fall 2012

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• Update on the Company Model and Other Schemes–OIG Issues Advisory Opinion
• The Company Model
• A Survey of State Prompt Pay Laws, Part I
• Approaches to Collecting from Self Pay and High Deductible Patients
• Clarifying TEE ’s Coding and Documentation Requirements (CPT 93312-93318)
• Anesthesia Quality Databases
• CLIENT ALERT: Viewing The Recent OIG Company Model Advisory Opinion For What It Truly Is

• Summer 2012

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• Puttin’ on AIRS
• Quality, Safety and Practice Management
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Not-So-Silent Killer
• Social Media Policies: Do I Really Need One?
• Hospital Contracting: New Rules for a New Era
• Deductibles: Impact on the Physician
• Understanding What Statistics Say, Or Don’t Say, About Your Practice

• Spring 2012

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• Proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2—What it Means to the Anesthesia and Pain Communities
• Helpful and Not So Helpful Implementations of Health Information Technology
• The AQI: Present and Future
• Planning for Payor Negotiations
• Anesthesiologists Should Beware of HIPAA Audits
• Knowledge is Power: Why Anesthesiologists Need to Capture, Analyze and Use Data

• Winter 2012

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• Protecting Your Exclusive Contract, Your Practice And Your Profits
• 2012: There Is Much To Do
• The Benefits of Strategy
• CMS Finally Speaks (Again): The Medicare Shared Savings Program Final Rule and its Relevance to Anesthesiologists
• What is Your Value Proposition? Is Your Practice The Steak Or The Sizzle?
• Federal Insurance Legislation—Can It Help Me?
• Compliance Corner: Anesthesia Practices Should Prepare for More Audit Activity

• Fall 2011

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• How Does Cloud Computing Fit into Anesthesia?
• Continuing to Reach For Quality and Efficiency in Ways Old and New
• Pre- and Post-Anesthesia Assessment: Role of the AQI
• Anesthesia Leadership in the Preoperative Clinic
• The Institute For Safety in Office-Based Surgery (ISOBS)
• Putting Your Anesthesiology Practice on Wheels
• Anesthesiologists Targeted in CMS’ Review of Existing Rules

• Summer 2011

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• CMS Finally Speaks: The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Proposed Regulations and What They Mean for Anesthesiologists
• More Pressure on Anesthesiology Groups to Grow
• The Company Model of Anesthesia Services: Will Less Money Lead to Jail Time?
• Getting Paid for Anesthesia: Mastering the Challenges of Viability
• Anesthesia: The Increasing Consolidation of our Industry
• Tax Saving Options for 2011

• Winter 2011

• How to Increase Practice Revenue by Improving or Efficiency
• Evolving Organizations and Responsibilities
• Are Anesthesia Providers Destined to Become Hospital Employees?
• Federal Healthcare Reform: The Push for Quality, Efficiency and Integration
• Size Matters: Antitrust Warning Signs In Anesthesia Group and Pain Group Mergers
• The PROMETHEUS Payment® Model Dividing The Pie for an Episode of Care
• Group to Group: The Impact of Organizational Culture
• Where Do We Fit In The Alphabet Soup?
• Business Consolidations: Lessons Learned During The Acquisition of Associated Anesthesiologists, Inc., by Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC
• Anesthetist Scheduling

• Fall 2010

• Turning Data into Dollars: How To use Quality Management information To Create Value for your Practice
• More Than Ever, It's About Data
• Breaking Down the Business of Anesthesia
• AQI and Related Presentations at the ASA Annual Meeting
• ABC Partners with ePREOP
• Should I Change Banks? Understanding Bank Ratings
• Ten Facts That Anesthesiologists Should Know About Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
• Focus On Compliance

• Summer 2010

• Scoping out Endoscopy
• Knowing and Managing Our Risks
• Risks and Issues in Treating Anesthesesia Group Professional Staff As Independent Contractors
• Practical Considerations In Converting Personnel From Independent Contractor Status To Employee Status
• The Family Medical Leave Act
• Managing For Success Requires Managing Risk
• Managed Care Participation - Yes or No?

• Spring 2010

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• Assessing the Impact of the Recession on Anesthesia
• Navigating the Recession Through Knowledge and Elbow Grease
• The Anesthesia Community Must Be Prepared for Increased Audit Activity by RACS and Others
• Cash Balance Plans
• Out Of Network Penalties: How Your Patients Can Help You Receive Payment In Full
• Healthcarare Marketing: Navigating the Regulatory Landscape
• Shareable Ink® – Pilot Project
• The Billing Nuances of Post-Op Pain

• Winter 2010

• A Culture of Customer Service
• The Customer, First and Foremost
• Customer Satisfaction: A Necessary Element For Group Success
• Customer Service Makes the World Go ’Round
• Customer Service in Anesthesia Care
• Distinctive Client Service: Five Practices You Can Implement Today
• Traditional IRA: Shall I Convert?
• Breach Notification Final Rule
• The Stark Law’s In-Office Ancillary Services Exception: In-Office Ancillary Arrangements Remain Viable for Pain Management Practices
• 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction of Pain Management Physician for Overutilization & Billing Fraud
• Perspectives on Client Service From ABC Senior Staff

• Fall 2009

• Operating Room Utilization Data Management
• The Pace Picks Up in the Development of Health Information Technology
• The Anesthesia Record™ Powered by Shareable Ink®: A Dialogue with the Inventor
• Is Your Concurrency Software Compliant?
• The State of AIMS Adoption
• The Tipping Point for Anesthesia Information Management Systems
• The Cost-Cutting Approach To Healthcare Reform
• 13 Steps to a Disastrous Anesthesia Information System Implementation
• Anesthesiology Practice Web Sites
• HITECH in a High Tech Era

• Summer 2009

• What Anesthesiologists And Pain Management Physicians Need To Know About The RAC Program
• Understanding Some of the Legal Risks Facing Anesthesia Practices
• Relevance of LLCs to Anesthesia Practice: How Well Do They Protect the Founders' Income?
• Identity Theft Programs: What Every Anesthesia practice Should Consider Doing Now
• How Anesthesia Groups Thrive, Not Simply Survive
• Writing Your Contracts For Smooth Entry Into and Exit From Anesthesia Groups
• WARNING: Dangerous Provisions in Medical Staff Bylaws
• Anesthesia Groups Not Immune From Stark Law Risk
• A Modest Proposal: Insurance Companies, Not Providers, Should Bill and Collect Deductibles and Coinsurance

• Spring 2009

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• The Future of the Anesthesia Care Team
• The Constancy of Change
• The All-Anesthesiologist Model of Anesthesia Care
• The Modified Anesthesia Care Team Model
• MGMA AAA 2009 Conference Provides Exceptional Education and Networking Opportunities
• The History of Intermountain Anesthesia
• The Taxation of Disability Insurance Premiums
• Avoiding Pitfalls as Practices Move Toward Care Team Model
• The “Care Team” Billing Rules
• Coding Corner: ICD-10: 2011
• Practice Governance in Relation to Organizational Lifecycle
• Re-Assessing Anesthesia Group Administration
• Anesthesia's Role in Developing Effective OR Governance

• Winter 2009

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• Building a Successful Pain Practice
• Painful Considerations
• Group Considerations in Anesthesiologists' Pain Practices
• The Top 10 Lost Revenue Items in Chronic Pain Management
• Understanding the Bell-Shaped Curve of Evaluation and Management Services
• Health Care Quality and Measuring Performance
• Proposed ICD-10 Rule Published
• Cash Balance Plans
• Have You Hugged Your Anesthesiologist Today?
• MGMA Launches Groundbreaking Social Networking Platform for Members
• The Government is Watching Facet Joint Injection Claims

• Fall 2008

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• Journey to Quality: Quantum Clinical Navigation System
• Taking Control
• Positioning Your Group For Exclusive Contracting Success
• Working with Your Billing Service—A Practice Administrators View
• The Value of MGMA AAA Membership
• When Can You Bill For A Newly-Hired Anesthesiologist Under the Medicare Locum Tenens Rules?
• Planning for Compliance
• Northwest Networking Group - NWAAG

• Summer 2008

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• Why the Cost of Anesthesia Care Matters
• Ebb and Flow
• Anesthesiology's Role in Effective OR Governance
• Understanding the Roth 401(k)
• Getting A Political Return On Investment
• How To Report Anesthesia for Cosmetic Surgeries
• The Logical Fallacy Inherent in the Marketing of Aquavan
• Additional Revenue Lies in the Accurate Documentation of the Procedure

• Spring 2008

• What is Your Cost Per Anesthetizing Location?
• Picking The Right Battles
• Medicare Now Values CPT - Code 00797 at the Correct Level - 11 Base Units
• The 2008 MGMA Cost Survey for Single Specialty Practices
• ABC Organizes the Kick off Meeting of the WAAG
• Anesthesia Group (Un)Governance
• Succeeding At Negotiations Through Preparatory Work And Psychological Operations
• OIG Workplan 2008: Interventional Pain Procedures Included
• OR Succession Planning, Change Management, and Leadership Development

• Fall 2007

• President's Words
• Compliance Corner: Get Ready for Increased Medicare Audit Activity As Recovery Audit Contractors Are Going Nationwide
• Coding Corner: Are You Reporting Pre-Operative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)?
• The Three-Prong Changes To "Stark" That You Must Understand
• The Medical Direction Team and Comparisons in Clinical Work Measures
• ASA Fee Survey of Commercial Payment Rates 1997 - 2007
• Karin Bierstein, J.D., M.P.H. Joins Anesthesia Business Consultants

• Summer 2007

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• President's Words
• Coding Corner: The Future of Coding - ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
• Divining the Financial Potential Of Ultrasound
• MGMA/ASA Anesthesia Cost Survey
• Gain Your Fair Share: Gainsharing Makes a Comeback

• Fall 2006

• President's Words
• Customer Service - Get It Yourself!
• Surgeon Satisfaction: A 360 Degree Perspective
• Assessing Operating Room Efficiency
• Compliance Auditing: How Many Records Should You Review?
• 2007 MGMA AAA Annual Conference Provides Exceptional Education and Networking Opportunity
• Coding Corner: Documenting Spinal Surgery

• Summer 2006

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• President's Words
• Medical Directorship Of Anesthesia Services: Are You A Player...Or Are You Just Being Played?
• Second Annual MGMA/ASA Cost Survey For Anesthesia Practices Released
• Waiver of Copayments and Deductibles: To Waive Or Not To Waive?
• Who Is Really Managing Your Practice?
• Compliance Corner: 3 Cost-Effective Compliance Tips To Jump Start Your Compliance Efforts
• Anesthesia Customer Service
• Coding Corner: Important Role Of CPT Surgical Codes
• Your Hospital Issues an RFP for Anesthesia Services: Now What?