Changing and Ongoing Dynamics Getting appropriately paid for medical services in this country can be an ongoing challenge. In the first place, the CPT codes are constantly being updated in…
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With every new year there is the prospect of change. It’s the primary role that January 1 seems to always play: an objective demarcation and psychological delineation between what was…
As we close out 2019 and prepare ourselves for a new year, it is time to seriously assess the events and developments that impacted the specialty of anesthesiology over the past…
From a billing perspective, all anesthesia charges fall into three categories: time-based surgical anesthesia, obstetric (OB) analgesia and non-time-based charges, such as those for invasive monitoring, nerve blocks, ultrasonic guidance…
United Healthcare has announced a new policy intended to direct a long list of procedures to qualified surgical centers. This may be a positive development for anesthesia practices, even though…
Traditionally, anesthesia staffing has involved the assignment of a provider—either a physician or a CRNA—to an anesthetizing location for a line-up of cases. The assumption is that a surgeon performs…
We recently provided you information relative to ultrasonic guidance (USG) in connection with post-operative pain blocks, as reflected by CPT code 76942. As promised, we now turn to the topic…
November 18, 2019 On November 1, 2019, CMS released the 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Final Rule under the MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015) law. This…
November 11, 2019 Do you ever get the feeling that things are going along a little too well? At least as it concerns your own personal situation, do you sometimes…
November 4, 2019 In the evaluation of coverage and staffing requirements, the primary focus is always the number of operating rooms (ORs) and delivery (OB) suites in which most anesthesia…
