Current Issue
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
Past Issues
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
- The 2008 MGMA Cost Survey for Single Specialty Practices
- ABC Organizes the Kick off Meeting of the WAAG
- What is your Cost per Anesthetizing Location?
- Anesthesia Group (Un)Governance
- Succeeding At Negotiations Through Preparatory Work And Psychological Operations
- Compliance Corner: OIG Workplan 2008: Interventional Pain Procedures Included
- OR Succession Planning, Change Management, and Leadership Development
- Coding Corner - Medicare Now Values CPT® Code 00797 at the Correct Level – 11 Base Units
Fall 2007 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- 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
- Compliance Corner: Get Ready for Increased Medicare Audit Activity As Recovery Audit Contractors Are Going Nationwide
- Karin Bierstein, J.D., M.P.H. Joins Anesthesia Business Consultants
- Coding Corner: Are You Reporting Pre-Operative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)?
Summer 2007 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Gain Your Fair Share: Gainsharing Makes a Comeback
- MGMA/ASA Anesthesia Cost Survey
- Divining the Financial Potential Of Ultrasound
- Coding Corner: The Future of Coding – ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
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
Winter/Spring 2006 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- The False Claims Act: The Courts Move Toward a Rule of Reason
- In Denial
- Billing For Invasive Monitoring Lines: S/He Who Inserts Gets To Bill (Usually)
- MGMA AAA Annual Conference Provides Exceptional Education And Networking Opportunity
- Why Operating Room Utilization Matters To Anesthesia Practices
- Compliance Corner: Medical Necessity As A Compliance Issue In Anesthesia Billing
- Coding Briefs - E/M And Time Thresholds
Summer 2005 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Pay For Performance: Will Your Hospital Be Ready?
- Highlights From ASA's Third Hospital Contracting Survey Update
- Understanding Contracts: The Glue of Modern Business Relationships
- Compliance Corner: New Proposed Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation Impacting Anesthesia Groups
- Coding Corner: Top 5 Coding Issues
Spring 2005 view issue download PDF
- President's Words
- Facing the Anesthesia Shortage Head-On: Crisis or Opportunity?
- Important Survey Tools Coming Your Way...
- Does Your Pain Practice Group Qualify As a Group Practice Under Federal Stark Law?
- Compliance Corner: Practitioner Recruitment
- Coding Corner: Consults and the Three R's
- Anesthesia Business Consultants Enters Into a Strategic Alliance Agreement With Judith Jurin Semo, PLLC