Articles

December 5, 2016

Anesthesia for Routine and Advanced GI Endoscopy: Current Practice and ...

Upper and lower endoscopies are among the most prevalent procedures performed in the US today.  While historically sedation has been ...
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November 28, 2016

Safeguarding Patients and Data in the Evolving Healthcare Cybersecurity Landscape

As the healthcare system becomes increasingly electronic, it is necessary to examine the security measures that are in place to ...
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November 22, 2016

President-Elect Donald Trump’s Healthcare Plans

President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, during ...
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November 14, 2016

Final MACRA Rule

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) was signed into law in April 2015 and repeals the ...
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October 31, 2016

Beginning a Career as a CRNA

Once a student registered nurse anesthetist (SRNA) graduates from an accredited training program and passes the National Certification Exam offered ...
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September 6, 2016

HIPAA Audit Process

As the use of electronic personal health information (PHI) continues to rise and public concern mounts over privacy and security ...
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September 1, 2016

How Can OR Metrics Benefit Anesthesia Services?

Operating room metrics are a part of evaluation and are important in measuring and comparing the quality of care and ...
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August 22, 2016

Perioperative Surgical Home Initiative

With the Affordable Care Act’s increased emphasis on improving the quality of patient care, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has ...
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August 16, 2016

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

As healthcare costs have come under increased scrutiny over the past several years, policymakers have increasingly realized that the reduction ...
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August 1, 2016

Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)

Among the many factors that govern Medicare funding and expenditure, the Sustainable Growth Rate (more commonly referred to as SGR) ...
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July 29, 2016

Sedasys Machines: Are they the Future of Anesthesia?

The Sedasys computer-assisted personalized sedation (CAPS) system is an anesthesiology machine that aims to automate anesthesia delivery(2). If successful, this ...
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July 18, 2016

Sequestration and Anesthesia Services

Medical sequestration is the two percent payment reduction for the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program that affects claims with dates-of-service or ...
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