Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) is pleased to announce that the Spring 2018 issue of its quarterly newsletter, Communiqué, is now available.
Communiqué is a publication dedicated to bringing practical and tangible articles and advice, specific to the anesthesia and pain management community. Communiqué features articles focusing on the latest hot topics for anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, pain management specialists and anesthesia practice administrators. ABC offers Communiqué electronically as well as in hard copy, both on a complimentary basis.
Tony Mira, President and CEO, explains, “In the current era of increased federal and state governmental scrutiny, anesthesia practices must do all they can to avoid the appearance of impropriety. This issue addresses this and other timely topics.”
Returning authors Frank Carsonie, JD, and Nathan Sargent, JD, explore an important area of potential risk for anesthesia practices in their lead article, What’s the Problem? Providers’ Waivers of Patient Copays or Deductibles. “It is an understatement to say the consequences of inappropriate waiver practices are significant,” write Mr. Carsonie, JD, and Mr. Sargent, JD, Chair and Associate, respectively, with the Health Care & Life Sciences Practice Group at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP.
Also, returning author Robert Johnson, MBA, of Enhance Healthcare Consulting looks at call responsibility among anesthesiologists—a subject about which very little is really known. Mr. Johnson reviews the findings of a recent survey and outlines his firm’s plans for future research in this area in his article How Much Call is Too Much?
For these and past Communiqué articles, please log on to ABC’s website at www.anesthesiallc.com and click the link to view the electronic version of Communiqué online. To be put on the automated email notification list, please send your email address to info@anesthesiallc.com. We look forward to providing you with compliance, coding and practice management news through Communiqué.
About Anesthesia Business Consultants
Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC), established in 1979, is the nation’s largest billing and practice management company dedicated to the complex and intricate specialty of anesthesia and pain management. Let us help guide you through CMS’s MACRA program by utilizing MACRA MadeEasy, our complete solution for MIPS compliance including our certified Qualified Clinical Data Registry that meets the Quality Payment Program requirements. Join the 8,000,000+ patients and 6,000+ anesthesia clinicians already reporting their performance through the MiraMed certified QCDR program. The heart of our perioperative suite of products is ABC’s proprietary practice management software F1RSTAnesthesia. F1RSTClient, the premier client portal, allows clients’ secure and seamless access to ABC’s applications. F1RSTAnalytics, our powerful suite of dashboards and reports, provides “Insight at Your Fingertips” offering real-time data prowess and providing the data to aid in operating your anesthesia practice as an effective clinical organization and successful business. Our solutions provide accurate, prompt and complete billing and revenue cycle management. Our exclusive focus improves your cash flow and profitability. Visit ABC at: www.anesthesiallc.com.
