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- Medicare FFS Claims: 2% Payment Adjustment (Sequestration) Suspended Through December
- NO SURPRISE Billing Act (NSA)
- Anesthesia Unnecessary for ESIs effective 12/12/2021
- 2022 Quality Measures for Anesthesia
- HHS Announces New COVID Relief Funding and Extension of First PRF Reporting Deadline
- ASA ANNUAL COMMERCIAL FEE SURVEY – 2021 data due by JULY 9th
- HHS Announces Surprise Medical Billing Rule
- Medicare 10% Reduction in Reimbursement for Anesthesia has been reduced to 3%, effective 01/01/2021
- National Surprise Medical Billing proposal is an improvement.
- 9.6% in 2020 Anesthesia Reimbursement from Medicare
- Provider Relief Fund Phase 3 General Distribution
- CARES Act Provider Relief Fund: Phase 3 Portal Open
- COVID-19 and the Anesthesia Department (part2)
- Anesthesia Groups Response to COVID-19 (part1)
- Surprise Medical Billing Legislation
- MIPS report cards now on Physician Compare Website
- Call to action: Tell Congress to hold health plans accountable for surprise billing
- 2018 QPP performance results released
- First year of MIPS payment adjustments
- New Guidance Outlines Recommendations for Infection Control in Anesthesiology
- Anesthesia Conversion Factor (CF) rose 0.27 percent to $22.27 from $22.19 in 2018
- An Opportunity for Anesthesia to Lead
- Death of Hospitals ( the exodus of surgical volumes)
- CVS Aquires Aetna, to create CVS Healthcare.
- ASC procedure volume and length benchmarks (CDC data 2010)
- CMS reduces Colonoscopy Reimbursement in 2018
- CMS will cancel major bundled payment initiatives
- CMS Releases 2017 Measure Specifications for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
- What To Do When The Feds Come Knocking
- CMS further delays major bundled payment initiatives
- MIPS registration for Web Interface and CAHPS survey open through June 30, 2017
- Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model; Delay of Effective Date
- Medicare Finalizes New Physician Payment System Rules for MIPS & MACRA
- Do Not Delay MACRA Implementation
- 8 latest notes on anesthesiologist pay
- Population Health Management; A Strategy and Delivery Model
- Discounting Can Cause Compliance Issues for Anesthesia Group
- CMS proposes removal of HCAHPS pain management questions
- MACRA Timing Raises Concerns
- Anesthesia Group Mergers, Acquisitions and Alternatives
- New Years Predictions for Healthcare (Fortune Magazine)
- Survey Data on Compensation for Anesthesiologists; Updated
- OIG agents raid nation’s largest anesthesia billing company, Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC)
- Anesthesia Business Consultants mum over federal investigation involving ‘health care fraud’
- CMS proposes new joint replacement bundled payment program
- Complete List of Valid ICD10 Codes
- CMS issues ICD-10 flexibility clarifications
- CMS Will Allow Non-specific ICD10 codes for 2015
- GPRO PQRS Reporting Registration Deadline June 30, 2015
- Medicare Conversion Factor Increase Effective July 1, 2015
- Value Based Payments for Physicians
- Marketing 101 for Anesthesiologists: Show Your Value
- ICD-10 Changeover Poses Risks and Rewards for Anesthesiologists
- 2015 PQRS Anesthesia Specific measures
- BMI, Calculating It will Provide Clinical Support to Anesthesia
- CMS approves NACOR as Registry for Anesthesiologists
- ICD-10 Dealyed until October 2015
- Senate passed SGR patch and ICD-10 One Year Delay
- Congress advances SGR repeal legislation
- Anesthesia Service Contracting can Raise Compliance Issues; the OIG can Help
- PQRS Reporting Election Required by October 15, 2013
- CMS Proposes Onerous Changes to PQRS Reporting Requirements
- Medscape Physician Salary & Satisfaction Survey Results
- CMS Releases Proposed 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- New HIPAA/HITECH Rules: 180 Day Countdown
- Someone Wants Your Practice! (And they’ll take it with help from your CEO and surgeons…)
- Patient Satisfaction May Not Be A Good Indicator Of Surgical Quality, Study Finds
- What Does the Future Hold for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers? 6 Observations & Concerns
- CMS Announces Increase in Medicare Advantage Plan Payments
- Anesthesia at ASCs: 7 Key Concepts to Clear OIG Regs
- ACOs is the hottest four-letter word in health care
- ASA Clarifies EHR Program Rules
- Survey: Salaries for Hospital-Based Physicians to Rise in 2013
- Georgia Prompt Pay Law Improved by Amendment
- 2013 CMS Physician Fee Schedule Includes Payment for CRNA Chronic Pain Services
- Financial Assistance Policies of Charitable Hospitals
- 2013 OIG Work Plan Now Includes Anesthesia
- Survey Shows Physicians Limiting Practice Access for Medicare and Medicaid Patients
- Insurance Companies and Employers Provide New Summary of Benefits and Coverage
- JAMA study shows modest overall savings in ACO PGP demo
- Legal Data Speaks Volumes for Anesthesia
- Value-Based Reimbursement, Still 5 Years Away
- Hospital Execs Prepare for OR Boost
- Medical Lockbox Services, Not All Providers are Created Equal
- CMS finalizes one-year ICD-10 delay
- Survey: 13% of Hospitals Plan to form ACOs
- Proposed 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule for top 10 Anesthesia & Pain codes
- CMS Finalizes New Regulation to Standardize Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- CMS Proposed Rule on 2013 Physicain Fee Schedule Will Have 3% Negative Impact to Anesthesia
- OIG’s Message to Surgeons: “Hands Off Anesthesia Fees! “
- Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
- HHS Issues Advisory Opinion on the “Company Model”
- Femoral Blocks a Boon for Hip & Knee Surgery
- Kentucky Opts Out of Federal Manadate for CRNAs
- Anesthesiologist Are Happier than the Average Physician
- Anesthesia’s Best Payors for 2011
- HIPAA Mega-rule Due June 2012
- Are ACOs Really About Quality?
- CMS proposes one-year delay for ICD-10
- Additional Increase in Medicare Anesthesia Conversion Factor Applicable to All 2012 Claims
