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Authors: Jacqueline M. Morano, MD, FASA; Jamie L. Uejima, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 40, No. 1 • February 2025 Anesthesia professionals are encountering patients with non-cardiac implantable electrical devices (NCIED) with increasing frequency. These devices are otherwise known as neurologic stimulators and include, but are not limited to spinal cord stimulators (SCS), deep brain […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review The more than 36 leaders featured in this article spoke at Becker’s 30th Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. If you would like to join the event as a speaker, please contact Patsy Newitt at pnewitt@beckershealthcare.com As […]
Read MoreAuthors: Epstein, Richard H. M.D., F.A.S.A et al Anesthesiology March 27, 2025. Background: Perioperative death globally has been described as the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and malignant neoplasm and ahead of cerebrovascular disease. However, studies of all-cause perioperative mortality have not distinguished patients who were outpatients preoperatively (“elective”) from patients having […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bertoch, Todd MD et al Anesthesiology March 21, 2025. Background: Opioids are effective for treating acute pain but have safety, tolerability, and addiction concerns while non-opioid analgesics have limited efficacy. Suzetrigine, an oral, non-opioid, small molecule, selectively inhibits the voltage-gated sodium channel 1.8 (NaV1.8) and has potential to provide efficacious and safe relief for […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia billing is complicated and evolving, according to a March 15 blog post from Knack RCM. Here are nine of the “hidden revenue killers,” according to the report: 1. Time-based billing complexity Unlike most specialties, anesthesia billing is time-based. Payers differ in how they calculate time units — Medicare uses […]
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