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Authors: Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA, FASA et al ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 37–39. The economic fundamentals of anesthesiology practice are under greater stress than at any time in recent history. Although our ASA Conversion Factor Survey shows commercial conversion factors increasing over recent years, the positive effect on revenues may be ending. We […]
Read MoreAuthor: Malini Ghoshal, RPH, MS Practical Pain Management March 2023 The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed changes in late February 2023 to the pandemic-era tele-prescribing regulations, extending some regulations and curtailing others. DEA developed the draft rules with support from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the US Department of Health and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Diana C. Mosquera, MD, MBA et al ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 30–32. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) received bipartisan support for accelerating a transition from traditional fee-for-service to performance-based health care payments that link compensation to quality outcomes. Given the significance of perioperative services to a hospital’s financial performance, this […]
Read MoreAuthors: Paulo Henrique Xavier, M.D. et al Anesthesiology April 2023, Vol. 138, 420–435. Background Gradually changing respiratory rate (RR) during time to reduce ventilation-induced lung injury has not been investigated. The authors hypothesized that gradual, compared with abrupt, increments in RR would mitigate ventilation-induced lung injury and that recruitment maneuver before abruptly increasing RR may prevent […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers who treat chronic pain patients Authors: Lambrinos N, Pope Z, Vu L D. Pract Pain Manag. 2023 March/April;23(2). A brief case report illustrates the importance of considering COVID-19 as a factor in the recurrence of chronic pain. Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is a multifactorial disorder in which patients typically […]
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