The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ 2019 Relative Value Guide contains two changes anesthesia providers should know, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Physicians often lack contract negotiation training. Understanding work relative value units, national benchmarks and fair market value can help physicians advocate for themselves using a data-driven ...

Work relative value units (wRVUs) correlate with operative duration of common surgical procedures. Reimbursement for physicians depending on wRVUs is fair for commonly performed surgeries. Objectives: ...

Fee-for-service methodologies, especially relative-value units (RVUs), keep creeping back into alternative payment models like capitation. Maybe we should take the hint and adapt RVUs to the new ...

Mean in-network commercial allowed amounts and charges per anesthesia conversion factor are 314% and 659% of traditional Medicare rates, respectively. Medicare Advantage payments align with ...

Reimbursement for physician services accounts for over 20 percent of US health care expenditures, totaling approximately $700 billion per year. 1 Over 70 percent remains fee-for-service. 2 The ...

Anecdotally, the pandemic has spurred thousands of anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to retire early, change jobs or cut back hours. There is not an adequate supply ...