Anesthesia Conversion Factor (CF) rose 0.27 percent to $22.27 from $22.19 in 2018
The national anesthesia conversion factor (CF) rose 0.27 percent to $22.27 from $22.19 in 2018
An Opportunity for Anesthesia to Lead
The severe shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% IV bags and other saline bags due in large part to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on pharmaceutical plants in Puerto Rico offers one of the more unsettling recent examples. (The commonwealth manufactures more pharmaceuticals for the United States than any of the 50 states or any foreign country.)
Death of Hospitals ( the exodus of surgical volumes)
Are you ready to be unreasonable this year? Or would you rather continue to bet on the healthcare status quo, that is, on a hospital-centric system? Or, is being “unreasonable” actually more reasonable?
CVS Aquires Aetna, to create CVS Healthcare.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal, in a front page article, addressed the pending acquisition of Aetna by CVS Healthcare.
The piece focused on the panic that the deal is causing many healthcare players. They’re concerned over the combination of a giant retail delivery platform, the CVS stores, with the health insurance, managed care, and huge patient database of Aetna.
ASC procedure volume and length benchmarks (CDC data 2010)
There are around 48.3 million surgeries performed in ASCs per year, and 70 percent were associated with the digestive system, musculoskeletal system, integumentary system and nervous system, according to a report from the CDC.
