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- 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
- Supreme Court Start Hearings on PPACA
- EHR Incentives Still Out of Reach of Anesthesia & Pain Providers
- HHS Announces Intent to Delay ICD-10 Compliance Date
- Congress passes fee fix, avoids 27% physician pay cut
- 28 States Awarded Insurance Exchange Grants
- Six Providers Seek ACO Accreditation From NCQA
- Top 10 Government Issues for Practices to Watch Out for in 2012
- Is Your Billing Service Ready for 5010? It’s Your Cash Flow!
- ACO Resources now available from CMS
- ACO Rules Revised to Entice Greater Participation
- MEDPAC Advises Congress on Medicare Cuts 2011
- Anesthesia Teams Learning from the Airlines
- Partners Not Cooperating?
- ASA Urges MedPAC to Reject SGR Draft Plans to Cut 18%
- Anesthesiologists as ACO Leaders
- Medicare Requires Revalidation of Physician Provider Enrollment Data
- 5 Best Practices for Pain Management Billing and Collections
- 2012 Medicare Payment Rate Changes for Physician Fee Schedule
- 5 Most Common 5010 Transaction Rejections
- Health Insurance Claims Processing Errors on the Rise
- Physician Alignment Presents Challenge in Forming ACOs, Survey
- CMS announces implementation of new fraud-fighting technology
- How to Bill for Anesthesia for an Emergency of Short Duration
- CMS permits practice administrators to register and attest for EMR meaningful use
- Uninsured Patients Leave Hospitals with $73 Billion Unpaid
- HIPAA Version 5010 National Testing Day
- Anesthesia Compliance Plans; Seven Keys to Success
- Anesthesiologist Billing Codes Will Increase in 2013
- MedPAC Advises 1% Update for Physicians
- Anesthesia Billing Service: 3 Differences from General Procedures
- Changes Coming to Anesthesia Billing Guidelines
- Anesthesia Management Companies Can Improve Your Financial Position
- Two Anesthesiologists Sought for July 2012 Medical Mission to Ecuador
- Anesthesia Technology Review
- Top 10 Trends to Impact Anesthesia in 2011
- CMS Releases the 2011 Anesthesia Conversion Factor
- Sharable Ink – Bridge to Digital Anesthesia Record
- The Anesthesiologist of the Future
- Anesthesia Billing: Referring Provider Edits Delayed
- CMS Claims Edits Delayed for Ordering/Referring Providers
- Got Anesthesia Relief? Document it
- SGR One Month Fix Passed; A “Kick the Can” Approach
- CMS Changes Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Anesthesia Services Part 4 of 4
- Senate passes one-month “doc fix”
- CMS Releases 2011 Physician Fee Schedule
- Spinal Implant Business – Big and Getting Bigger
- OIG Finds Inappropriate Medicare Payments for Epidural Injections
- CMS Changes Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Anesthesia Services Part 3 of 4
- New Strategy Aims To Ensure Postoperative Evaluations
- CMS Changes Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Anesthesia Services Part 2 of 4
- Colorado Physicians Sue to Require Medical Direction of CRNAs
- Continuous Blocks Hasten Discharge For TKA Patients
- CMS Changes Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Anesthesia Services Part 1 of 4
- CMS Issues Deadlines for Providers Compliance with Version 5010 Standards
- Malpractice Insurance Coverage; Personal & Group Exposure
- CMS Record Retention & Privacy Guidelines
- CMS Delivers Additional Information Regarding Medicare Timely Filing Rule
- Average Physician Compensation Increase Was 3.8% in 2009: AMGA Survey
- Nonprofit Blues Plans Have Amassed Huge Surpluses: Report
- CMS Issues Fact Sheets on Meaningful Use Provisions for EHR
- Medically Directed Anesthesia Guidelines Changed
- Propofol Shortage & Resources
- Medicare Physician Reimbursement & SGR Explained
- Physician Reimbursement Bill Signed; CMS to Continue Claims Hold
- Another Bandaid for the SGR issue
- Anesthesiology Labor Market Study 2010
- SGR Fix Stuck Because of Jobs Bill
- Senate to debate new 6-month Medicare physician payment provision
- OIG To Recover More Than $3 Billion in Healthcare Fraud Enforcement
- House expected to consider Medicare physician payment legislation by June 30
- President Signs Bill Extending Medicare Physician Payment Freeze Through May 31
- Knowing Medicine is Not Enough to be a Good Doctor
- Physicians Generate $1.54 Million Annually for Their Affiliated Hospitals
- Senate Failure to Pass Extension Causes 21.3% cut to Medicare Physician Payments on April 1
- Georgia Court Kills Caps on Medical Malpractice While Missouri Court Upholds Caps
- Healthcare Reform’s 10 Year Timeline for Roll-out
- What’s Your Position on Healthcare Reform?
- MEDPAC Report Recommends Rate Increase for Physician Services
- Senate Approves Delaying Physician Pay Cut Until October 1
- President Signs Stopgap Bill to Delay Medicare Physician Payment Cut
- Senate May Delaying 21.2% Physician Payment Cut
- CMS Announces Problems with Medicare Claims Crossover to Secondary Payers
- CMS Delays Implementation of PECOS Enrollment Policy
- Medicare Changes Rules on Credentialing and Retro-billing
- Get Full Reimbursement for Anesthesia Teaching Cases
- CMS Announces Vetted PQRI Registries List for 2010
- TeamHealth Expands Into Anesthesia Market With Acquisition of Anesthetix
- Medicare Releases Temporary Conversion Factors
- CMS to Hold Physician Claims
- Medicare Eliminates Consultation Codes
- 7 Things You Need to Know About Managed Care in 2010
- Surgical Quality Difficult for Health Plans to Assess: Study
- House Postpones 21.2 Percent Cut, Passes 60 Day Freeze


