Atlanta, GA, June 28, 2011 - Premier Anesthesia, a national anesthesia management company responsible for providing full anesthesia services management for facilities across the country, announces that it is expanding client offerings to include anesthesia consulting services.  The decision to provide consulting services was made after Premier, in working with clients, saw a distinct need for additional consultation in healthcare operations, business development, performance improvement and clinical management, from single hospitals to multi-hospital health systems.

Premier has found over the years that many hospitals are unable to gain the full benefit of consulting assessment findings and recommendations because they lack the necessary infrastructure, resources and/or manpower for complete follow-through to effectuate true change.  Premier has the resources and solutions to assist hospitals in solving their anesthesia services issues.  Premier's anesthesia consulting value lies not only in the assessment by its experienced team and proprietary evidence-based technologies, but in its ability to implement sustainable change that reduces costs while optimizing anesthesia delivery and high quality care.

"Hospitals want to determine the true quality and efficiency of their anesthesia departments and we are responding to that demand.  As a former hospital CEO, I understand and make sure that we address the following anesthesia issues facing hospital CEOs today, cost, leadership and service," said Kerry Teel, president of Premier Anesthesia.  "Going a step further, we have also created turn-key solutions utilizing our evidence-based tools and technologies for those clients who either lack the time and/or resources required to change and improve their anesthesia departments.  Hospital administration considers Premier's services invaluable when findings are clearly presented.  We are there to help implement the recommendations should they need us, with the goal of not only improving the quality and efficiency of anesthesia services, but to make it the best it can be.  With a productive and efficient anesthesia department, a hospital can expect to see a positive impact on its bottom line with increased profitability as well as seeing improvement in the quality of care and customer service."

Premier Anesthesia's new consultative anesthesia services are a response to common inquiries from client hospitals around the nation.  Premier experts noticed that clients have persistent questions about fair subsidy payments and service issues.  Premier Anesthesia is constantly helping clients to clarify and refine their business goals in order to meet or exceed client needs.