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

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

The value-based modifier (VM) program was created under the Affordable Care Act and requires that the Centers of Medicare & ...

A co-management agreement is an increasingly popular integration model under which hospitals and physicians jointly manage a health service. Driven ...

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 is a federal law that sets strict guidelines and minimum standards ...

Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) is a measure of hospitals’ average spending compared to the national median after adjusting for ...

In this day and age, any information that is online is susceptible to attack. Medical information, unfortunately, is no exception, ...

Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) is a rare, life-threatening condition that poses unique challenges to both anesthesia teams and affected families. Patients ...

Every fiscal year, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases a Work ...

The discovery and development of pain management has allowed for safer, longer, more invasive surgeries and has dramatically reduced the ...

Despite the fact that nearly 20% of Americans live in rural areas, rural hospitals have historically faced momentous challenges that ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) announced goals to shift Medicare payments from quantity-based compensation toward result-based compensation for healthcare providers ...