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It must seem strange to many that there is a variance in what is deemed to be the start of a new year depending on whether you’re talking about the normative “calendar year” or the governmental fiscal year. It’s just a bit cumbersome to have two different yearly reboots. However, we must point out that […]
Summary How do anesthesia providers account for time spent in cases that contain a delay on either the front end or back end? Today’s alert provides recommended solutions for such scenarios. It happens occasionally. A teacher waits for a delayed parent to pick up the last remaining child at the end of a school day. […]
We’re on a roll—like a runaway freight train. This is the third alert in a row that we are bringing on the topic of hospital price transparency. Though, at this point, it may seem like an obsession on our part, it’s really more of a reflection of how much the transparency issue has been in […]
Summary Today’s anesthesia providers have choices insofar as the kind of practice they want to join. Each type of practice has its benefits and drawbacks. These determinants are often based on group size. Is joining a bigger practice the right choice for all? Today’s alert digs into that question. Is big better when it comes […]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have been quite pleased with the story coming out of a respected medical publication this month. It was as if his own creation—the character we all know as Sherlock Holmes—had cracked his latest case in the usual spectacular fashion. Undercover operatives, corporate intrigue and the circumvention of federal law—what more […]
Summary Running a successful anesthesia or chronic pain practice is like a juggler who has added one too many balls to his routine. If you don’t promptly address each clinical or business imperative that arises, utter failure may ensue. One of these imperatives involves Medicare provider enrollment. This is one ball you can’t afford to […]
A few months ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a fact sheet that outlines process updates the agency is making to increase compliance with the hospital price transparency requirements. As our readers may recall, the government’s hospital price transparency requirements are authorized by section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act, […]
Summary There is a tendency in anesthesia to think that all that matters is consistently good outcomes. Nothing could be further from the truth. Customer service is now the key to maintaining a strong and successful relationship with administration. As anesthesia practices evolve and diversify, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain a consistent level of […]
For the fourth time in a row, a federal judge has sided with the Texas Medical Association (TMA) in its legal challenges to regulations that implement the federal No Surprises Act (NSA). The TMA brought another one of its legal actions back in November, alleging that certain provisions of the NSA regulations inappropriately link providers’ […]
