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Author: Catlin Nalley ASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 1–8. It is one of the most enduring challenges faced by the specialty and one unique to anesthesiology – the discrepancy in Medicare payments for anesthesia services known as the “33% Problem”. Whereas Medicare rates for other specialties represent between 75% and 85% of their commercial payment […]
Read MoreASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 15. Your next patient is scheduled for laparoscopic abdominal hysterectomy. She recalls having a severe sore throat after her last surgery and asks if there is any way to prevent it this time. According to a recent study evaluating the use of smaller diameter tracheal tubes for the prevention of […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 11. Because of our busy OR schedule, a complex, high-risk, scheduled surgical procedure was performed during late-night hours by surgeons and anesthesiology professionals who had been at work since early in the morning. The patient entered the OR on schedule at 7 p.m., and incision was made at 8:30 p.m. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Richard Simoneaux; Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 1–4. The monkeypox virus, like its cousin the variola virus (the causative agent of smallpox), is a DNA virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus. Monkeypox was first noted in the late 1950s when outbreaks of a “pox-like disease” were observed in monkeys housed […]
Read MoreAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) The American Society of Anesthesiologists calls on Congress to block a nearly 4.5% Medicare payment cut to anesthesiologists and other physicians included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule released this week. These significant cuts will compound the financial strain anesthesia groups are already […]
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