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Anesthesia providers should be well trained to respond appropriately to any unanticipated clinical complication that occurs during a case. Vigilance is the key to effective anesthesia care. They know that things can go wrong even during what should be an uncomplicated surgical procedure. After all, while the surgeon is only focused on a very specific […]
Defining Patient Responsibility Most patients have insurance for their medical expenses. Conventional insurance plans determine the value of services submitted on a claim, which they define as the allowable. Plans that emulate the original Blue Shield policy then pay the provider 80 percent of the allowable, unless there is an applicable unmet deductible. The result […]
As many of you know, Change Healthcare was the target of an apparent cyberattack this past Wednesday. The revenue cycle company, which is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, indicated that it had managed to “isolate its systems” to mitigate further harm. Optum, UnitedHealthcare, and UnitedHealth Group (UHG) systems were not affected by the attack, […]
As payer policies evolve, once-covered services often become non-covered services. The two most common examples of this are colonoscopy (depending on the patient’s physical status) and anesthesia for Chronic Pain Injections (such as epidural steroid injections, facet injections and transforaminal epidural steroid injections). A number of notable insurance plans have stopped paying for anesthesia in […]
Whenever historians want to categorize a ruler as particularly impactful, they will sometimes bestow a title that includes the word “great.” Cyrus the Great, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great come to mind. But certain eras or events have also been characterized with this same descriptor: the Great Migration, the Great War, the Great […]
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 […]
By aligning your RCM partner with your practice’s specific needs and values, you embark on a journey towards financial stability, empowered patients, and ultimately, a thriving dermatology practice.
We all do it. Unless you’re physically impaired or living off the grid in the wilds of Alaska, most adults will communicate by way of texting at some point in a given year. For many of us, it is a daily occurrence. Interesting how methods for delivering the written word have morphed over the years, […]
Anesthesia groups must master the matrix of issues that contribute to the maintenance of a successful and profitable practice. This includes performing a drill-down of OR utilization and understanding its impact on overall revenue. Many years ago, Mark Rogers, MD, the anesthesia chairman at Johns Hopkins, asked Robert Donham, MD, the assistant chairman, to make […]
