ASA's practice management services are provided out of the Office of Governmental Affairs in Washington, D.C. Indexed here are a wide variety of materials related to managing an anesthesiology practice, including information as to reimbursement for anesthesiology services in both the public and private insurance sectors.

Unlike legislation or other regulations affecting anesthesiology practice -- which are indexed on the Governmental and Legal Affairs site -- Medicare reimbursement regulations and related advisories are indexed on this site.

Personnel of the Washington Office concerned with Practice Management issues include:

• Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
  
  
• Conference on Practice Management
  
  
• Medicare Web Page for Anesthesiology
  
  
• Practice Information from CMS
  
  
• HIPAA Privacy Manual
  
  
• ASA NEWSLETTER Practice Management Columns
  
  
• Documents for Download (including items referenced in recent PM columns)
  
  
• Medicare Claims Processing Manual
  
  
• Medicare Conversion Factors for Anesthesia Services:
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
    
    
• Medicare Rules on Teaching Physicians, Rev. November 2002
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
  
  
• Publications on Practice Management
  
  
• HIPAA EDI Practice Management System Directory
  
  
• Five Year Review Code Level Update — September 2007