basically thats the state the country/profession is in. reimbursements are low, and a lot of cases are money losers after salary unless done in very high volume, but that probably increase risk from 'cutting corners'.
here we do 1 cataract in about 1 hr to 1.5 hours including preop time and room turnover. We also place IVs ourselves. if not that requires even more staff to pay. no one speaks english. everyone is medicaid/medicare, so we lose a lot of money obvoiusly. hospital subsidizes.
all the people who say 0 minute turnover, then something is wrong here, if its just 1 MD going between room to room. a good preop takes time!!
And if anesthesiologist is LEAVING when the surgeon is closing, doesnt that mean the anesthesiologist is not billing for that time? is that even allowed?? its like if i just extubate during closing a gen surg case and walk out, is that patient abandonment? the procedure is technically not over