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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Project HANDS Needs Anesthesiologists for Several Trips Next Spring
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
OIG Finds Inappropriate Medicare Payments for Transforaminal Epidural Injection Services
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
ASA Submits Comments to CMS FY2011 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
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Monday, August 23, 2010
ASA Files a Motion to Intervene in the Red Flags Rule Lawsuit
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
President Obama Recognizes the 45th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
On July 13, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced two final rules intended to lay the groundwork for the nation’s transition to electronic health records (EHRs).
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Friday, July 09, 2010
On July 7, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new outpatient surgical measure applicable to anesthesiologists to be added to its Hospital Compare website, www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.
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Friday, July 09, 2010
CMS Releases New Outpatient Measures for the Hospital Compare Website
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Friday, July 09, 2010
FDA has received reports of air or gas embolism occurring during or immediately after application of hemostatic drug or biological products using air- or gas-pressurized sprayers.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
On Monday, July 12, physician and Harvard professor, Donald Berwick, M.D., was sworn in to become the next administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Need to Reinstate Your American Society of Anesthesiologists Membership
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Information about the updated Anesthesia Conversion Factors by locale.
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
TRICARE Recognizes AAsThe Department of Defense today published its final rule authorizing anesthesiologist assistants, supervised by an anesthesiologist, to practice under the TRICARE insurance program.
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Friday, July 02, 2010
A failure of DC (battery) power can result in the inability to deliver defibrillation therapy if the device will not turn on using DC (battery) power and no AC (line) power is available.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
CMS Releases Proposed Rule for 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
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Monday, June 28, 2010
The ACGME released updated proposed standards on resident work hours, supervision, and professionalism announced in the June 23, 2010 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
ASA recently nominated two of its members to committees that were established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
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Friday, June 25, 2010
A study appearing in the July 2010 issue of Anesthesiology showed that inhalation of gaseous hydrogen sulfide can reduce or even prevent lung injury in critical care situations that require mechanical ventilation.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
The bill, passed last night by the U.S. House of Representatives and previously passed by the Senate, will halt the current 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut and provide physicians a 2.2 percent positive payment update for services provided June 1 through November 30, 2010.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider and is likely to pass, H.R. 3962, the free-standing “doc-fix” SGR relief bill.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
The ASA urged CMS to not finalize its proposal to expand the number of hospitals eligible for rural pass-through payments until anesthesiologists are also eligible to receive such payments.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
CMS Indicated that once a payment fix is enacted into law, they are prepared to make the appropriate changes to Medicare claims processing systems.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Since the House and Senate were unable to agree upon legislation that includes an SGR “fix,” a 21 percent Medicare payment cut is now in full effect.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
The Senate passed a free-standing bill that averts the pending 21 percent payment cut and provides physicians a 2.2 percent Medicare update.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
The recall of certain lots of propofol coupled with the latest announcement from Teva that it will cease further production of propofol, has led to many questions and concerns regarding propofol supplies.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
ASA has submitted a letter to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) renewing its March 19, 2009, request for a Special Advisory Bulletin regarding the “company model.”
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
CMS recently released a notice to physicians and non-physician practitioners who are currently enrolled in Medicare but who do not have enrollment records in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Since Congress has failed to pass legislation to avert the 21 percent Medicare payment cut, CMS has directed carriers to hold claims through Thursday, June 17.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
The RAND Corporation finalized and released its An Analysis of the Labor Markets for Anesthesiology.
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Presently, Congress has failed to pass legislation to avert the implementation of the current 21 percent cut to Medicare physician payments.
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Friday, June 11, 2010
In the June Anesthesiology researchers take aim at identifying genetic risk factors for sepsis – a leading cause of death for critically ill patients
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
CMS recently released a notice to physicians and non-physician practitioners who are currently enrolled in Medicare but who do not have enrollment records in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
ASA strongly supported a recent Congressional letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urging a review of Medicare payments for anesthesia services as possibly “misvalued.”
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
As a result of Congress’ failure to act, a 21 percent Medicare payment cut is in effect for services provided on or after June 1.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Hospira announced it is voluntarily expanding its March 31, 2010, recall of Propofol and Liposyn to the consumer or user level.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission has once again delayed the implementation and enforcement of the “Red Flag Rules” intended to protect against identity theft.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
With the Senate already adjourned for the Memorial Day recess, legislation to stave off Medicare payment cuts cannot be enacted
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
ASA will not support pending Medicare physician payment provisions that are part of H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
CMS Issues Additional Clarification of the Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Anesthesia Services
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen and FDA notified healthcare professionals of changes to the Warnings section of the prescribing information for tramadol, a centrally acting synthetic opioid analgesic indicated for the management of moderate to moderately severe chronic pain.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Congressional Democrats have begun to craft legislation to avert the again pending 21% cut in Medicare physician payments.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
A new study reviews the implications of cardiac problems on postoperative outcomes, exploring preoperative diagnosis and impact of asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in vascular surgery patients.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Eleven of the leading medical societies in the country joined together today to publicly support the introduction of the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
GE and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of specific lots of the Aisys and Avance Anesthesia Systems.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives is seeking support for a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services requesting a review of the accuracy of Medicare’s payments for anesthesia services.
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Friday, May 07, 2010
FDA and Teleflex Medical notified healthcare professionals of a worldwide voluntary recall affecting certain lot numbers of the Teleflex Medical AQUA+FLEX Hygroscopic Condenser Humidifier
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
FDA and Coviden recalled of certain lots of its cuffed ShileyTM tracheostomy tubes and Custom/Specialty tracheostomy tubes.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
On April 23, 2010 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hosted a stakeholder call to provide an update about the ongoing shortage of propofol and other anesthetic drugs.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
ICU patients with iron deficiency are more likely to require a blood transfusion.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Johnson & Johnson, parent company of Ethicon Endo Surgery, Inc., announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected its application for the SEDASYS® Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation System.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
S.B. 479 makes it unlawful to practice or offer to practice interventional pain management unless such individual is a licensed MD or DO.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
This legislation includes a reinstating of Medicare physician payment rates as they were on March 31, and postponing the 21 percent cut until May 31, 2010.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
CMS announces Medicare cuts in effect until such time as Congress acts.
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Monday, April 05, 2010
With the signing of H.R. 4872 and the earlier enactment of H.R. 3950, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),” health reform as we know it is now law.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Wall Street Journal Reports Teva Will Stop Making Propofol
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The American Society of Anesthesiologists joins communities across the United States today to recognize Doctors Day 2010, a day with a special tie to anesthesiology.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Update on the Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR) freeze.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Today, the U.S. Congress completed its work on health system reform by passing H.R. 4872, the “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.”
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
CMS Responds to ASA Letter on Hospital Interpretive Guidelines
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Remarks of ASA President Alexander Hannenberg MD on the Final House Health Reform Votes
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Friday, March 19, 2010
ASA Joins Surgical Coalition in Opposition to Senate Bill
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Documents for the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 released
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
ASA Submits Comments to CMS Regarding Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Update on Propofol Shortage and Importation of Fresenius Propoven
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Health Care Reform Update from ASA President Alexander Hannenberg
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
US Senate passes HR 4213 potentially extending Medicare physician payment freeze
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Friday, March 05, 2010
CMS Notice to physicians and providers who have not enrolled or updated their Medicare
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
A commentary on the recent analyses of Anesthesia Provider Model and patient outcomes
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
What Conclusions Can We Draw from Recent Analyses of Anesthesia Provider Model and Patient Outcomes
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Remarks of President Barack Obama on Health Insurance Reform
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Update Congress and President Act to Pass Patch for Pending 21 percent
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Update Scheduled 21 percent Medicare Physician Payment Cut to be Implemented
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Important Update 30day patch possible to prevent March 1st 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut
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Monday, February 22, 2010
President Obamas proposal for health care reform unveiled before Feb 25 health summit
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CMS announces problems with Medicare claims crossover to supplemental payers
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
President Obama to hold bipartisan health care meeting on Feb 25
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Friday, January 29, 2010
President Obama renews commitment to health care reform in State of the Union address
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Senate bill to increase debt limit could set the stage for five year SGR freeze
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is proud of our members’ work in Haiti.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
These organizations have confirmed that they are actively seeking anesthesiologists to go to Haiti.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
ASA Submits Letter to CMS on Hospital Interpretive Guidelines
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Tragedy in Haiti The thoughts of ASA members and Staff Are With Those Suffering in Haiti
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
UPDATE CMS issues correction to 2010 Physician Fee Schedule
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Monday, January 11, 2010
ASA joins coalition opposing unelected and unaccountable new Medicare payment Board
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Monday, January 11, 2010
CMS Issues New Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgical Centers
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
ASA Submits Comment Letter to CMS on CY 2010 PFS Final Rule
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
CMS issues revised interpretive guidelines concerning hospital anesthesia services
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The intent of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is to reduce the incidence of perioperative hypothermia of which the primary cause is anesthetic-induced impairment of thermoregulatory control.
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Monday, November 09, 2009
CMS releases final rule for 2010 Physician Fee Schedule: key points include full teaching rule implementation, PQRI measures, phase-in of practice expense updates.
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Monday, November 09, 2009
ASA has been working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address the current supply problems involving the anesthesia induction agents, propofol and thiopental.
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