CMS' 2020 Quality Payment Program Final Rule includes higher penalties, more risk for reporting providers and new reporting opportunities, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
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Steven Edelstein, MD, will be installed as anesthesiology department chair at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Medical Center on Dec. 1, Patch reports.
Somersworth, N.H.-based Seacoast Pain Institute of New England is set to close Nov. 27, fosters.com reports.
Lumei Miller, MD, was one of seven providers to join Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine in October.
Hospitals have significantly marked up the prices for anesthesiology services in the past several years, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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CMS finalized the national anesthesia conversion factor for 2020, and it may be "a letdown for millions of anesthesia providers across the country," said Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
Candace McKee, MD, joined The Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics.
It's increasingly common for anesthesia groups to provide services outside of typical anesthetizing locations, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
CMS finalized changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that will expand payments to certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2020.
Robin Elwood, MD, was elected to serve on the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's board of directors.