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Are the surgeons putting in orders for all that propofol, roc and versed. They have to practice 'under the order of a physician,' should've said a physician who is liable for their anesthesia care.
Are the orthopods responsible for the blocks being done?
 
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Finally, hopefully, those crNas accept the message… cali ain’t lettin’ them practice independently. However I won’t be surprised if they fight this… they are woefully so egotistical. The statement clearly says they are not allowed to practice medicine. This makes me happy inside
 
They aren't allowed to practice medicine in any state I believe, I could be wrong but I always thought it just meant they were under the liability of the person doing the procedure legally. This a rebuke, it's a not a change in practice, they can still practice independently of anesthesiologists.
All QZ billing is independent practice, if you're the anesthesiologist you're the liability sponge. If you've good CRNAs it may be tolerable to some especially since it pays more, if you've travel cowboys it will be a circus until someone gets hurt, you'll have a target on your back from the lawyers.
 
WE know they can’t practice medicine, but they think they can. When they spout bs “we can work independently” “we’re actually better than anesthesiologists” and do so at facilities with no anesthesiologist in sight, and the surgeon, GI doc, pain doc, whoever, isn’t signing the chart for them, then they’re effectively practicing medicine. This statement puts them back in their hole.
 
Surgeons need to write “I order the crna to perform the anesthesia” and sign it on every chart. Then there is no gray area as to who is legally accountable.

Finally, hopefully, those crNas accept the message… cali ain’t lettin’ them practice independently. However I won’t be surprised if they fight this… they are woefully so egotistical. The statement clearly says they are not allowed to practice medicine. This makes me happy inside
It would be a lawyers dream if the surgeon was putting in orders for anesthesia meds
It would be a lawyers dream if the surgeon was putting in orders for anesthesia meds
 
Tangentially related but I worked at a HealthSouth owned surgery center many years ago. That facility required the anesthesiologists to co-sign the podiatrists’ H&Ps. Haven’t seen that for a long time.
 
It was explained to me that they needed an H&P from a physician. I signed them even though I don’t know anything about feet.
We would do that for peds dental stuff sometimes. The kids all had h&ps by their pediatrician. Sometimes they weren’t within 30 days, colds, scheduling delays, etc. We were asked to write a new one if the peds one was past 30 days. The dentists couldn’t do it.
 
Not to derail but we had a retina guy whose H&Ps were so bad we finally forced him to get them from another physician. Once brought a patient with an LVAD and didn’t mention any PMH.
 
In my current gig I find the hospitalists miss stuff all the time. Some are notoriously worse then others. Especially given the doctors have different language cultural backgrounds then my patients. I seriously don’t understand with a population of 50% spanish speaking patients why they aren’t learning medical Spanish.
 
Like the GI dr who thought their patient was having a strange arrhythmia and called me to the room. Crna clueless as well.
Um he’s v paced - now I know no one reads my preops 🤦‍♀️ or looks at the patient and the big weird lump in his upper left chest 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
 
That must be a typo. I think they mean psychiatrists- for ect w sedation I’d imagine. Psychologists don’t have dea numbers right?
 
That must be a typo. I think they mean psychiatrists- for ect w sedation I’d imagine. Psychologists don’t have dea numbers right?

Psychologists may prescribe in seven states: New Mexico, Louisiana, Illinois, Iowa, Idaho, Colorado, and Utah, as well as the Public Health Service, the Indian Health Service, the U.S. military, and the U.S. territory of Guam.
 
The Modesto Bee is following up on the CDPH action. The crNas are still stupid about it…. The article has a stupid crNa saying, “It is the Nursing Practice Act that gives CRNAs legal authority to administer anesthesia after a physician orders a course of treatment that includes anesthesia.” Perry said the same reasoning applies to physician anesthesiologists, who administer anesthesia after a patient’s physician or surgeon orders a course of treatment.

Seriously thinks that we work under the order of a surgeon… I can’t even smh anymore it’s so stupid how they continue to think they are equal to us. I know I’ve never had a surgeon give me any orders.

Read more at: https://www.modbee.com/living/health-fitness/article292428549.html#storylink=cpy
 
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