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WEBINARS

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MEETINGS / EVENTS

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October 13 - 17 2012, 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

ANESTHESIOLOGY 2012

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FDA MEDWATCH ALERTS

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May 16, 2012

Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Recall

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Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Recall

April 18, 2012

Morphine Sulfate Injection USP, 4 mg/mL (C-II), 1 mL fill in 2.5 mL Carpuject by Hospira, Inc: Recall - May Contain More Than Intended Fill Volume

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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

Cardiac Science Powerheart, CardioVive, CardioLife; GE Responder and Responder Pro; and Nihon-Kohden Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): Class I Recall - Defective Component

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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Practice Management Newsletter Articles

2010

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  


2009

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


2008

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


2007

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


2006

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