09-25-09 - CMS issues information about “never events”

09-23-09 - January 2010 Conference on Practice Management Schedule Highlights

09-17-09 - ASA continues to work with other specialties in effort to update data used to calculate Practice Expense payments

09-03-09 - Updated Practice Expense Values for Swan- Ganz Catheters

08-31-09 - The American Society of Anesthesiologists opposes adoption of Noridian’s proposed non-coverage of CPT Codes 64622, 64623, 64476, 64476

08-28-09 - Understanding Pain Services to Accurately Code, Report and Obtain Payment Webinar Registration Open

08-11-09 - FTC announces delay in enforcing Red Flag Rules

08-06-09 - ASA Joins With Other Specialties to Support CMS Proposal to Update Practice Expense Values

07-07-09 - ASA seeking survey participants for pain CPT® codes

07-02-09 - ASA wins reconsideration of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits

06-18-09 - Medicare Scam Alert

06-12-09 - ASA’s comments for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

05-11-09 - CMS offers step-by-step guide to Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).

04-29-09 - ASA receives acknowledgement from OIG regarding request for Special Advisory Bulletin about the “company model”

04-24-09 - Information on FTC "Red Flag Rules"

04-21-09 - ASA signs joint letter from Surgical Quality Alliance (SQA) regarding 2010 PQRI

03-09-09 - ASA members encouraged to participate in MGMA 2009 Cost Surveys

03-27-09 - OIG releases letter outlining changes to Self-Disclosure Program

03-20-09 - ASA requests Special Advisory Bulletin from OIG on “company model”

02-27-09 - Resident PM Education 2009 COPM Videos

02-24-09 - ASA seeks participants in surveys for pain CPT® codes

02-09-09 - CMS announces update on recovery audit contractors (RACs)

02-04-09 - Abstracts from the 2009 Conference on Practice Management

01-26-09 - 2009 coding change

01-16-09 - HHS Issues Final ICD-10 Code Sets and Updated Electronic Transaction Standards Rule

01-15-09 - ASA launches Resident PM Section. Here’s an opportunity to learn about issues that affect an anesthesiology practice. Login to ASA Members Only to visit the new Resident PM Education section.

01-02-09 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a correction notice to the 2009 Physician Fee Schedule

12-01-08 - CMS announces specifications for E-Prescribing Incentive Program

11-24-08 - REMINDER: AMA Physician Practice Information Survey

10-15-08 - ASA submits comments to CMS regarding transition to Version 5010 and ICD-10

09-23-08 - Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posts report, “Medicare Payments for Facet Joint Injection Services

09-18-08 - Information available on reporting changes to Medicare enrollment information

09-04-08 - Online survey available for participants of the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

07-30-08 - HHS waiving retroactive beneficiary cost sharing due to increases in payment under MIPPA

07-21-08 - Have you been selected to participate in the Physician Practice Information survey?

07-17-08 - New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates

06-19-08 - Information on 2007 PQRI Payments and Reports

05-02-08 - Have you been selected to participate in the Physician Practice Information survey?

04-30-08 - Conference on Practice Management

03-25-08 - NPI required for all HIPAA Standard Transactions on May 23, 2008

02-07-08 - ASA and AMA conducting Physician Practice Information survey

02-06-08 - 2008 unadjusted conversion factor: $19.97

01-31-08 - Reminder: National Provider Identifier (NPI) implementation date is March 1, 2008

01-29-08 - Updated! Anesthesia Conversion Factors Through June 2008

12-27-07 - New anesthesiology performance measure proposals for ASA Member review and comment

12-03-07 - Conference on Practice Management – Additional Hotel Rooms Available.

12-04-07 - ASA and AMA Conducting Physician Practice Information survey

10-15-07 - The Cost Survey for Anesthesia Practices 2007 Report Based on 2006 Data is available now!

10-11-07 - 2008 Conference on Practice Management - January 25-27

9-20-07 - NPI registry and downloadable file now available

8-31-07 - AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) is accepting comments on physician performance measures

6-26-07 - AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) is accepting comments on physician performance measures

6-22-07 - Worksheets for coding PQRI measures are available now

6-08-07 - 2007 MGMA/ASA Survey of Anesthesia Practice Costs
Complete and Return by June 22, 2007

5-24-07 - PQRI - Test your billing system with a PQRI code now.

5-16-07 - Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

4-24-07 - CMS releases new information about National Provider Identifier (NPI) implementation

4-24-07 - Your Comments Invited on Physician Performance Measure Set for Anesthesiology (Deadline: May 11)

3-20-07- Individual chapters from the 2007 Conference on Practice Management are now available for purchase.

3-20-07 - Updated document explains payment and reporting policy for fluoroscopic guidance of spinal injections

2-20-07 - 2007 ASA Survey of Fees Paid by Commercial Carriers. Please download and return the questionnaire by March 20. 

02-12-09 - Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Respiratory Depression Associated with Neuraxial Opioid Administration

2-02-07 - 2007 President Update at Practice Management Conference - 21st Century Anesthesiology - Preparing for the Future Paradigm, Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.

1-19-07 - Order MGMA-ASA Cost Survey for Anesthesia Practices: 2006 Report Based on 2005 Data at discounted price for ASA members

1-03-07 - CMS releases 2007 Medicare Anesthesia Conversion Factors for Anesthesia Services

9-28-06 - CMS issues NPI claims processing information – click here.

8-18-06 -  UPDATE:  Success! Aetna sends "Dear Doctor" letter announcing decision not to implement proposed restrictions on MAC for GI Endoscopies.

6-02-06 - UPDATE: Aetna and MAC for GI Endoscopies -- Dr. Guidry's Letter to ASA Membership

5-12-06 - Participate in the MGMA 2006 Cost Survey for Anesthesia and Pain Management Practices

5-03-06 - NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIER - Educational Materials

4-27-06 - WEIGH IN ON PERIOPERATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES    ASA is working with the AMA-sponsored Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement to develop performance measures for anesthesiology and encourages you to submit your comments on 5 perioperative care measures. Read more….

4-27-06 - ASA’s PROPOSED QUALITY INCENTIVES FOR ANESTHESIOLOGISTS  Download the proposed Incentives.   Read more….

2-02-06 - ASA Member appointed to Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (PPAC.) Nominated by ASA, Karen S. Williams, M.D. has been appointed to PPAC, the body of actively practicing physicians that advises CME in frequent formal meetings on Medicare policies and regulations.

11-15-05 - Medicare’s Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP) CMS launches program for the voluntary reporting of certain quality indicators.

11-09-05- 2006 Medicare Conversion Factors for Anesthesia Services

11-03-05 - Pay for Performance or "P4P" - Pathway 2 Quality Panel Presented by the Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration Atlanta, October 24, 2005

• Download speakers' slides here.

08-17-05 - 2005 Anesthesia Fee Survey Results are in August ASA NEWSLETTER.

06-01-05 - Download ASA's Letter to CMS regarding the proposed rule on locked carts and on the postanesthesia followup note.

05-05-05 - ANESTHESIA FEE SURVEY.  Please complete the 2005 ASA survey of fees paid by commercial carriers - deadline extended to May 20.

04-19-05 - Do You Need to Be Credentialed by Health Plans? See what the health plans’ accreditation agency requires.

3-16-05 - Anesthesia Financial Benchmarking Data Available. Order the MGMA 2004 Cost Survey for Anesthesia Practices at special ASA member discount.

10-01-04 NEW ICD-9 CODES

Anesthesiologists and other physicians must update their systems and use the new or revised ICD-9-CM codes for services rendered on and after October 1, 2004. They should review the changes for 2005 ICD-9-CM to see if any of the revisions affect their practice (very few, if any, appear to affect anesthesiology, critical care or pain medicine directly). CMS has posted a list of the new/deleted/revised ICD-9-CM codes on its website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/icd9code.asp.