We’ve all seen the statistics showing the dramatic trends toward acquisitions of practices by hospitals, the creation of large practice organizations and the disappearance of the individual ...

As surgical procedures migrate to the outpatient setting, it’s essential for anesthesia practices to have a variety of service locations, such as ASCs, endoscopy centers and physician offices, ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

It's driven a 25% relative lift in cash collections, achieved 87% of patient payments through self-service channels and ...

Meeting the demands of an ever-changing healthcare environment, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Board of Directors approved the updated "Scope of Nurse Anesthesia Practice." This ...

Experts report that modern anesthesia supports calm, controlled recovery rather than dramatic or unusual reactions.

There’s nothing short of an everyday miracle — a medical, pharmacological, technological miracle — unfolding in an operating room at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. Recently, on an ...

The article argues against a Florida proposal to allow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) to practice without physician supervision. It asserts that physician-led, team-based anesthesia ...

When I was first applying to MSA programs, I asked every program if they had any medical missions or global health initiatives on my interview day. Many programs have a fundraising component like CWRU ...

JACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Billing managers and IT staff for anesthesia practices should be in the middle phases of testing their systems’ ability to process claims under the new “5010” ...