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May 16, 2012
Summary: Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Recall
Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Recall
April 18, 2012
Summary: Customer report of two Carpujects syringes containing more than the 1 mL labeled fill volume. Opioid pain medications such as morphine have life-threatening consequences if overdosed. Those consequences can include respiratory depression (slowed breathing or suspension of breathing), and low blood pressure.
Customer report of two Carpujects syringes containing more than the 1 mL labeled fill volume. Opioid pain medications such as morphine have life-threatening consequences if overdosed. Those consequences can include respiratory depression (slowed breathing or suspension of breathing), and low blood pressure.
March 05, 2012
Summary: FDA notified healthcare professionals and medical care organizations of the Class 1 recall of the listed AEDs which contain a component that may fail unexpectedly due to a defect. If the component were to fail during a rescue attempt, the AED may not deliver defibrillation therapy, causing serious adverse health consequences, including death. The unit’s self test may not detect the failure or impending failure of the component.
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September: Is There an Anesthesiologist in the House?
August: ASA Releases Template Forms and Resources for CMS Interpretive Guidelines Implementation
July: ASA Convinces RAC to Discontinue Anesthesia E&M Services Review
June: The Regulatory Tsunami Awaits
May: The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Be Aware or Beware
April: Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) Are Here to Stay
March: CMS Issues Revised Hospital Interpretive Guidelines
February: Are You "Actively Warming" to PQRI in 2010?
January: Full Implementation of Anesthesia Teaching Rule: A Victory for Academic Programs and the Entire Specialty
December: Surgical CAHPS Survey - Why Anesthesiologists Should Pay Attention
November: Cornucopia of Practice Management Issues
October: The Commercial Survey Results Strike Back
September: Analysis of Ambulatory Surgery Center Growth Rate
August: ASA Survey Results for Commercial Fees Paid for Anesthesia Services
July: Untouchable No More: The Recession Impacts Anesthesiologists
June: ASA Urges OIG to Take Action on the 'Company' Model
May: Red Flag in Morn, Physicians Be Warned
April: When Usual and Customary is Neither
March: The Ghost of Study Past: New RAND Study Shows Shortage of Anesthesiologists
February: E-Prescribing
January: All Aboard the PQRI Express ... Next Stop, Health System Reform
December: The Many Facets of the OIG Facet Report
November: A Question of Patient Safety: Disruptive Physicians and Colleagues
October: Delayed or Not: ASA Will Help You Transition to ICD-10
September: Designing a Flexible Compensation System
July: What's in a Rating? Patients Using Web Sites to Rate Physicians
June: The New Face of Practice Management and Quality at ASA
May: The Third National Pay for Performance Summit: Many Voices, Little Harmony
April: Results from ASA's: PQRI Participation Study
March: Practice Management: One Consultant's Composite
February: Evaluating Contracts for Anesthesiology Services: Considerations and Pitfalls From the Clinician's Perspective
January: Changes for 2008
December: Protections in Employment Agreements With Hospitals
November: New Federal Rules on Physician Self-Referral Prohibition (Stark Law, Phase III)
August: Preventing Wrong Site Surgery
July: Fees Paid for the East Anesthesia Services: Survey Results
June: Staffing Costs and Underutilized Operating Rooms
May: Pay for Participation In Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
April: Anesthesiology Practice Costs, Revenues and Production Survey Data
March: Anesthesia Information Systems... Where Awareness Is Good!
February: Anesthesia Carts: New Federal Regulation Aligns With ASA Policy
January: Medicare Conversion Factors and Coding Changes for 2007
December: Anesthesiology Is in the P4P Game
November: Compensating Nonclinical Time
October: Accountability
September: Medicare Proposes More Cuts in Payments to Specialists
August: Pros and Cons of Exclusive Contracts
July: Preoperative Pregnancy Testing: Mandatory or Elective?
June: What's Wrong With Your Anesthesiology Group Retirement Plan?
May: Medicare, We Have a Fraud Problem
April: Balance Billing When You Don't Have a Contract with the Health Plan
March: 10,198 Units Per Physician: MGMA/ASA Survey: Report
February: Customers of the Anesthesiology Group: Notes From: Conference on Practice Management