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Operating Room Utilization: What Anesthesia Providers Need to Know

Anesthesia groups must master the matrix of issues that contribute to the maintenance of a successful and profitable practice. This includes performing a drill-down of OR utilization and understanding its impact on overall revenue. Many years ago, Mark Rogers, MD, the anesthesia chairman at Johns Hopkins, asked Robert Donham, MD, the assistant chairman, to make […]

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New Final Rule from CMS: Improving Interoperability and Prior Authorization

The wheels never stop. The gears of government are always turning—churning out new rules for the rest of us to live by. Final rules are never final, and the last word is never spoken because there is always something more to say. The latest final rule addressed below provides a case in point. It acts […]

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New Patterns in E/M Coding: Chronic Pain Practices Take Notice

In 2021, Medicare instituted a new methodology for calculating the appropriate code level for office and outpatient patient visits. The question is: how has this change affected the typical pain practice’s E/M bell curve? Today’s alert takes a look. On the plains of Salisbury, England lies a strange mystery. Since the 1970s, farmers and townsfolk […]

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Federal Focus on EMTALA: HHS Goes on the Offensive

On Jan 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put out a press release, announcing that it will launch new initiatives in support of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). The law, passed back in 1986, requires hospitals with emergency departments to adhere to a certain set of standards, to […]

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Anesthesia and Hospital Administrators: The Importance of Communication

While there is always risk associated with any business model, potential perils to an anesthesia practice can be minimized through effective communication with the facility administration. This includes understanding how administrators think and educating them with sound data. Anesthesia providers and hospital administrators look at the world through very different lenses. One might say the […]

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BCBS Rescinds Endoscopy Edit Enforcement in Massachusetts

We have just received breaking news from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) that it has just rescinded its recently announced enforcement action connected with anesthesia for endoscopy cases.  The January 24 announcement on the payer’s website states that it has decided to postpone the claim edits that enforce medical policy 154 until further […]

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Extraordinary Advanced Anesthesia Technology

Coronis Health is the national leader in anesthesia billing services and anesthesia accounts receivable services to anesthesiologists, CRNAs and facilities that employ anesthesia providers via its proprietary F1RSTAnesthesia system. F1RSTAnesthesia is the Oracle-based proprietary software platform that best distinguishes our unique approach to accounts receivable management. F1RSTAnesthesia is designed to allow our staff to interface with providers, patients and their […]

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Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: The Year in Review

Financial activity within the hospital sector started showing new signs of life beginning in 2022 with the waning of the pandemic across much of the United States. That activity became more palpable in 2023 as the public health emergency (PHE) came to an official end. This is the assessment reached by researchers at Kaufman Hall […]

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Coronis Health to Attend ASA® ADVANCE 2024Coronis Health to Attend

Coronis Health, a trusted name in anesthesia billing and practice management, is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at ASA® ADVANCE 24, hosted by the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA). ASA ADVANCE 2024: The Anesthesiology Business Event is being held January 26-28 at the Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Per the ASA, ASA […]

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