Know the Characteristics of the Narcotics You Prescribe
Know the Characteristics of the Narcotics You Prescribe Nirav G. Shah MD Pain control is an important aspect of critical care medicine and the use of opiate medications has typically…
Monitor Patients who have Received Intrathecal Preservative-Free Morphine
Monitor Patients who have Received Intrathecal Preservative-Free Morphine Melvin K. Richardson MD The intrathecal administration of opioids has emerged as a popular and effective form of postoperative pain control. Intrathecal…
Respect in the Operating Room: Be Good … No, Be Great
Respect in the Operating Room: Be Good … No, Be Great Grace L. Chien MD Tammily R. Carpenter MD What makes a good anesthesiologist? What makes a great one? We…
A Brief Look at Other Payers
A Brief Look at Other Payers Norman A. Cohen MD After Medicare and Medicaid, the balance of income from professional services comes from private third-party health insurers, state and private…
A Brief Look at Medicaid and Anesthesia
A Brief Look at Medicaid and Anesthesia Norman A. Cohen MD Medicaid, created at the same time as the Medicare program, is a welfare program that provides medical benefits and…
Navigating a Hazardous Road
Navigating a Hazardous Road Norman A. Cohen MD GETTING PAID FOR ANESTHESIA CARE BY MEDICARE In previous chapters I mentioned a number of ways in which the Medicare program handles…
What Are the Coding Resources to Help Me Code Correctly?
What Are the Coding Resources to Help Me Code Correctly? Norman A. Cohen MD Because correct coding leads to proper payment, and incorrect coding can be very expensive, a plethora…
Medicare Issues
Medicare Issues Norman A. Cohen MD This chapter reviews the origins and payment methodology of the dominant payment system for most physicians, the Resource-Based Relative Value System or RBRVS. In…
Getting Paid for Anesthesia Services
Getting Paid for Anesthesia Services Norman A. Cohen MD This chapter discusses the anesthesia relative value system as well as the dominant payment system for most other physician services, the…
Specific Coding Issues
Specific Coding Issues Norman A. Cohen MD CODING ANESTHESIA PROCEDURES No matter the specialty, physicians need to be familiar with the coding conventions for reporting the services they commonly perform….
