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 ...

Anesthesia is quickly becoming one of the most decisive, and volatile, forces shaping ASC performance. A wave of policy changes across CMS and commercial payers is redefining how anesthesia is paid, ...

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 ...

In recent years, independent anesthesia practice groups across the country have seen remarkable shifts in the competitive landscape of their industry as numerous practice groups have partnered with ...

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” ...

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 ...

Nearly three years and a major changing of the guard later, the Federal Trade Commission appears to be at the end of a competition lawsuit it previously heralded as evidence of its strong hand against ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Master’s prepared CRNAs who are granted advanced standing can complete the curriculum in 24 months with much of the program offered online. The schedule of classes is designed to accommodate working ...

By Exec Edge Editorial Staff On the morning of March 20, medical students at UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine ...