Microsoft recently unveiled a diagnostic AI system, tested on case studies from the New England Journal of Medicine and benchmarked against practicing physicians, that could significantly enhance diagnostic accuracy and cost-efficiency in care delivery. The company touts the system as…
Anesthesia
In a recent roundtable, the Department of Health and Human Services and executives from top insurance providers pledged to address longstanding concerns around prior authorizations, aiming to reduce administrative burden and improve patient access to timely care. The commitments come…
Niaz Ahmed, MD, an anesthesiologist at Warren (Pa.) General Hospital, is set to retire, according to a July 17 report from Times Observer. Dr. Ahmed has provided anesthesia care at Warren General Hospital for the past 45 years. After finishing…
The average total salary for anesthesiologists is $444,468, according to new data from Marit Health, a salary transparency platform for physicians and advanced practice providers. Here are five more key statistics from Marit Health’s database as of July 17: 1.…
Those in anesthesia are well-versed in the issues currently facing the specialty, including staffing shortages and reimbursement challenges. Udaya Padakandla, MD, an anesthesiologist at Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas and immediate past president of the Texas Society of…
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Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health has added William Murry, MD, to its medical staff. Dr. Murry is an anesthesiologist and most recently practiced at SurgCenter in Fayetteville, Ark., according to a July 14 news release from Baxter Health. Dr. Murry…
As procedures continue to shift to the outpatient setting, anesthesia providers are seeing an increase in demand for their services. At the same time, staffing shortages and reimbursement declines persist in the specialty, raising questions about how the industry will…
Anesthesia providers face a number of insurance-related challenges from both CMS and commercial payers. Reimbursement declines from both CMS and private payers remain a pressing issue for anesthesia providers as they manage high demand for their services amid an ongoing…
AdventHealth South Overland Park (Kan.) has transitioned its anesthesia coverage to Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City. The new partnership will help the hospital with its growth and expansion, according to a July 9 news release from AdventHealth. Anesthesia Associates of…
On July 1, UnitedHealthcare issued a policy update that will no longer include certain physical status considerations in its anesthesia reimbursement calculations. The policy update specifies that the reimbursement calculations for anesthesia services will no longer include physical status modifiers…