If you had mentioned the word “ultrasound” to teenagers back in the 1960s, I suspect they would have thought you were referring to the psychedelic grooves of Jimi Hendrix or…
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Conventional wisdom holds that the better-paying cases are migrating from the traditional inpatient setting to outpatient venues. This explains why today’s larger practices are so focused on growing their surgicenter…
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By far the most significant area of new procedures in most anesthesia practices these days is the administration of nerve blocks and catheters for the management of post-operative pain. There…
September 16, 2019 As a follow-up to our recent articles on the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2020 and our trend analysis of acute pain services, we would…
September 13, 2019 Special News Announcement from the American Society of Anesthesiologists™ (September 11, 2019) Today, ASA member David Walega, M.D. testified before the House Committee on Small Business for…
At Medac we have spent years helping our client practices maintain their independence. This has involved aggressively managing their accounts receivables and collections so that they generate enough money to recruit…
So many of the client groups we serve are fortunate to have strong and able leaders. We see evidence of this as we meet with our clients, listen to their…
August 26, 2019 As the preeminent provider of outsourced anesthesia billing and management services in America, we are always interested in how anesthesia providers are modifying their practices to take…
Phase One: Do We Really Need to Form a Group? The specialty of anesthesiology has evolved through three distinct phases since the 1980s. First there were hundreds of anesthesia group…
