Current Issue
Winter 2012 view issue download PDF
- Protecting Your Exclusive Contract, Your Practice And Your Profits
- 2012: There Is Much To Do
- The Benefits of Strategy
- CMS Finally Speaks (Again): The Medicare Shared Savings Program Final Rule and its Relevance to Anesthesiologists
- What is your value proposition? Is your practice the steak or the sizzle?
- Federal Insurance Legislation - Can It Help Me?
- Compliance Corner: Anesthesia Practices Should Prepare for More Audit Activity
Past Issues
Fall 2011 view issue download PDF
- Continuing to Reach For Quality and Efficiency in Ways Old and New
- How Does Cloud Computing Fit into Anesthesia?
- Pre- and Post-Anesthesia Assessment: Role of the AQI
- Anesthesia Leadership in the Preoperative Clinic
- The Institute For Safety in Office-Based Surgery (ISOBS)
- Putting Your Anesthesiology Practice on Wheels
- Anesthesiologists Targeted in CMS’ Review of Existing Rules
Summer 2011 view issue download PDF
- More Pressure on Anesthesiology Groups to Grow
- CMS Finally Speaks: The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Proposed Regulations and What They Mean for Anesthesiologists
- The Company Model of Anesthesia Services: Will Less Money Lead to Jail Time?
- Getting Paid for Anesthesia: Mastering the Challenges of Viability
- Anesthesia: The Increasing Consolidation of our Industry
- Tax Saving Options for 2011
Winter 2011 view issue download PDF
- Evolving Organizations and Responsibilities
- How to Increase Practice Revenue by Improving or Efficiency
- Are Anesthesia Providers Destined to Become Hospital Employees?
- Federal Healthcare Reform: The Push for Quality, Efficiency and Integration
- Size Matters: Antitrust Warning Signs In Anesthesia Group and Pain Group Mergers
- The PROMETHEUS Payment® Model Dividing The Pie for an Episode of Care
- Group to Group: The Impact of Organizational Culture
- Where Do We Fit In The Alphabet Soup?
- Business Consolidations: Lessons Learned During The Acquisition of Associated Anesthesiologists, Inc., by Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC
- Anesthetist Scheduling
Fall 2010 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Turning Data into Dollars: How To use Quality Management information To Create Value for your Practice
- Breaking Down the Business of Anesthesia
- AQI and Related Presentations at the ASA Annual Meeting
- ABC Partners with ePREOP
- Should I Change Banks? Understanding Bank Ratings
- Ten Facts That Anesthesiologists Should Know About Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
- Focus On Compliance
Summer 2010 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Scoping out EndoScopy
- Risks and Issues in Treating Anesthesesia Group Professional Staff As Independent Contractors
- Practical Considerations In Converting Personnel From Independent Contractor Status To Employee Status
- The Family Medical Leave Act
- Managing For Success Requires Managing Risk
- Managed Care Participation - Yes or No?
Spring 2010 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Assessing the Impact of the Recession on Anesthesia
- The Anesthesia Community Must Be Prepared for Increased Audit Activity by RACS and Others
- Cash Balance Plans
- Out Of Network Penalties: How Your Patients Can Help You Receive Payment In Full
- Healthcarare Marketing: Navigating the Regulatory Landscape
- Shareable Ink® – Pilot Project
- The Billing Nuances of Post-Op Pain
Winter 2010 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- A Culture of Customer Service
- Customer Satisfaction: A Necessary Element For Group Success
- Customer Service Makes the World Go ’Round
- Customer Service in Anesthesia Care
- Distinctive Client Service: Five Practices You Can Implement Today
- Traditional IRA: Shall I Convert?
- Breach Notification Final Rule
- The Stark Law’s In-Office Ancillary Services Exception: In-Office Ancillary Arrangements Remain Viable for Pain Management Practices
- 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction of Pain Management Physician for Overutilization & Billing Fraud
- Perspectives on Client Service From ABC Senior Staff
Fall 2009 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Anesthesiology Practice Web Sites
- HITECH in a High Tech Era
- 13 Steps to a Disastrous Anesthesia Information System Implementation
- The Cost-Cutting Approach To Healthcare Reform
- Is Your Concurrency Software Compliant?
- The State of AIMS Adoption
- The Tipping Point for Anesthesia Information Management Systems
- Operating Room Utilization Data Management
- The Anesthesia Record™ Powered by Shareable Ink®: A Dialogue with the Inventor
Summer 2009 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- A Modest Proposal: Insurance Companies, Not Providers, Should Bill and Collect Deductibles and Coinsurance
- Anesthesia Groups Not Immune From Stark Law Risk
- WARNING: Dangerous Provisions in Medical Staff Bylaws
- Writing Your Contracts For Smooth Entry Into and Exit From Anesthesia Groups
- How Anesthesia Groups Thrive, Not Simply Survive
- Identity Theft Programs: What Every Anesthesia practice Should Consider Doing Now
- Relevance of LLCs to Anesthesia Practice: How Well Do They Protect the Founders' Income?
- What Anesthesiologists And Pain Management Physicians Need To Know About The RAC Program
Spring 2009 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- The Future of the Anesthesia Care Team
- The All-Anesthesiologist Model of Anesthesia Care
- The Modified Anesthesia Care Team Model
- MGMA AAA 2009 Conference Provides Exceptional Education and Networking Opportunities
- The History of Intermountain Anesthesia
- The Taxation of Disability Insurance Premiums
- Avoiding Pitfalls as Practices Move Toward Care Team Model
- Compliance Corner: The "Care Team"¯ Billing Rules
- Coding Corner: ICD-10: 2011
- Practice Governance in Relation to Organizational Lifecycle
- Re-Assessing Anesthesia Group Administration
- Anesthesia's Role in Developing Effective OR Governance
Winter 2009 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Building a Successful Pain Practice
- Group Considerations in Anesthesiologists' Pain Practices
- The Top 10 Lost Revenue Items in Chronic Pain Management
- Understanding the Bell-Shaped Curve of Evaluation and Management Services
- Health Care Quality and Measuring Performance
- Compliance Corner: Proposed ICD-10 Rule Published
- Cash Balance Plans
- Have You Hugged Your Anesthesiologist Today?
- MGMA Launches Groundbreaking Social Networking Platform for Members
- Coding Corner: The Government is Watching Facet Joint Injection Claims
Fall 2008 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Journey to Quality: Quantum Clinical Navigation System
- Positioning Your Group For Exclusive Contracting Success
- Working with Your Billing Service - A Practice Administrators View
- The Value of MGMA AAA Membership
- Compliance Corner: When Can You Bill For A Newly-Hired Anesthesiologist Under the Medicare Locum Tenens Rules?
- Planning for Compliance
- Northwest Networking Group - NWAAG
Summer 2008 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Why the Cost of Anesthesia Care Matters
- Anesthesiology's Role in Effective OR Governance
- Understanding the Roth 401(k)
- Getting A Political Return On Investment
- Compliance Corner: How To Report Anesthesia for Cosmetic Surgeries
- The Logical Fallacy Inherent in the Marketing of Aquavan
- Additional Revenue Lies in the Accurate Documentation of the Procedure
- NWAAG Invite
Spring 2008 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Coding Corner - Medicare Now Values CPT - Code 00797 at the Correct Level - 11 Base Units
- Compliance Corner: OIG Workplan 2008: Interventional Pain Procedures Included
- What is your Cost per Anesthetizing Location?
- The 2008 MGMA Cost Survey for Single Specialty Practices
- Anesthesia Group (Un)Governance
- OR Succession Planning, Change Management, and Leadership Development
- ABC Organizes the Kick off Meeting of the WAAG
- Succeeding At Negotiations Through Preparatory Work And Psychological Operations
Fall 2007 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Compliance Corner: Get Ready for Increased Medicare Audit Activity As Recovery Audit Contractors Are Going Nationwide
- Coding Corner: Are You Reporting Pre-Operative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)?
- The Three-Prong Changes to "Stark" That You Must Understand
- The Medical Direction Team and Comparisons in Clinical Work Measures
- ASA Fee Survey of Commercial Payment Rates 1997 - 2007
- Karin Bierstein, J.D., M.P.H. Joins Anesthesia Business Consultants
Summer 2007 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Coding Corner: The Future of Coding - ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
- Divining the Financial Potential Of Ultrasound
- MGMA/ASA Anesthesia Cost Survey
- Gain Your Fair Share: Gainsharing Makes a Comeback
Fall 2006 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Customer Service - Get It Yourself!
- Surgeon Satisfaction: A 360 Degree Perspective
- Assessing Operating Room Efficiency
- Compliance Auditing: How Many Records Should You Review?
- 2007 MGMA AAA Annual Conference Provides Exceptional Education and Networking Opportunity
- Coding Corner: Documenting Spinal Surgery
Summer 2006 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Medical Directorship Of Anesthesia Services: Are You A Player...Or Are You Just Being Played?
- Second Annual MGMA/ASA Cost Survey For Anesthesia Practices Released
- Waiver of Copayments and Deductibles: To Waive Or Not To Waive?
- Who Is Really Managing Your Practice?
- Compliance Corner: 3 Cost-effective Compliance Tips To Jump Start Your Compliance Efforts
- Anesthesia Customer Service
- Coding Corner: Important Role Of CPT Surgical Codes