How an anesthesia management partner can help you stay compliant

To meet mandated compliance standards, medical facilities have an ongoing challenge to keep up with the ever-changing anesthesia regulatory landscape. If not done correctly, it can affect their ability to provide safe and quality patient care. Delving into HIPAA regulations, drug laws, and fraud/antitrust issues are all essential for medical organizations but require extensive staff resources that may already be stretched thin. Despite the abundance of perioperative regulations and legal implications, only a fraction of healthcare organizations has proper compliance officers on staff. Without adequate attention to detail or investing resources into managing regulatory issues, it can be costly – HIPAA...

Maintaining a work-life balance in the field of anesthesiology

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is not an easy feat, particularly for anesthesiologists. Traditionally regarded as having some of the most restrictive hours of any profession, research shows doctors work over 51 hours per week (with nearly 23.5% working 61 to 80 hours weekly). Because of technology, physicians are now more accessible than ever, meaning their personal and professional lives can easily blur together. This increased job stress has led to higher levels of burnout among medical professionals, further underlining just how important it is to carve out time away from work. Medicine doesn’t have to be a life-consuming career, and anesthesiologists,...

Private Equity Firm vs. Privately Owned Anesthesia Partners

As the healthcare system faces ongoing perioperative challenges, many hospitals, hospital groups, outpatient surgery centers, and academic clinics are looking to work with an anesthesia management partner. And with good reason – the right partner can make a significant impact, from improving billing and collections to recruiting and placing top talent. But, in an industry full of promises, how do you know which one will stand behind their word? How do you know which partner is the right fit? Most anesthesia management partners make the same assurances, but they can be quite different when you take a deeper look. For...

Damar Hamlin injury stresses the importance of airway physicians on the field

When someone yells, “the red hats are coming,” at a sporting event, they don’t mean we are in the midst of a British invasion, but that the on-field emergency team member wearing a red hat is prepped and ready to attend to an injured player. Such was the case on January 3, 2023, when Buffalo Bills’ player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field following a direct hit to his chest. Most likely caused by a rare condition called commotio cordis (Latin for agitation of the heart), Hamlin entered into a state of cardiac arrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation) or arrest. Commotio cordis...

Preston’s Message January 2023

Fulfilling our mission and making an impact At Premier Anesthesia, our mission is to improve the delivery of healthcare and the lives of everyone we touch. Last year, our clinical providers partnered with us to move that needle, providing compassionate and quality care to patients and their families across the country. In 2022, over 1,000 anesthesiologists, CRNAs, AAs, and nurses worked on Premier Anesthesia clinical teams throughout the country in roles spanning every category – full-time, part-time, PRN, locum tenens, in both W2 (employed) models and 1099 independent contractor engagements. These heroes provide 24/7 care, from the east coast to...