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Anesthesia practices expanding their endoscopy services should proceed cautiously, as payers have begun changing their reimbursement policies to limit claims, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira. Here’s what you should know: 1. After CMS implemented its policy for anesthesia payment for endoscopy four years ago and other payers followed suit, there […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News A higher body mass index (BMI) is a significant predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after ambulatory open hernia repair, a study has found. The investigators’ regression model indicated that a BMI of 45.7 kg/m2 could be used as a threshold value for deciding whether obese patients should undergo the surgery as […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News The first-ever validated predictive model for patients undergoing spine surgery not only elucidates factors that determine postoperative pain, but also opens up the possibility of real-time input from machine learning algorithms. Among other things, the researchers demonstrated that the use of one nonopioid medication during surgery did not result in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ajai Raj Anesthesiology News Importance of communication, de-escalation highlighted in report about unruly patient It’s just another typical day at an ambulatory surgery center (ASC), until a situation with an unruly patient upends the order. When this happened at an ASC in Colorado, without the larger security department that comes with a full hospital, […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Written by: David Ermak, DO Reviewed by: Sonia Vaida, MD Case Presentation A 22-year-old woman, with a body mass index of 35 kg/m2, presented to the emergency department with altered consciousness, 6 days after the uneventful delivery of a full-term healthy infant. According to her husband, less than 1 hour before admission, she […]
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