This could get interesting…. (Legislation to make Anesthesiologists eligible for “Rural Pass-Through” money)

[DirtDocMD]

ASA Applauds Introduction of Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act; Legislation Will Increase Rural Patients’ Access to Physician Anesthesia Care

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act, H.R. 5256, yesterday by Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI-2) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-2). The bill is ASA-endorsed legislation that will expand rural patients’...

www.asahq.org

It’ll be interesting to see if this passes, if the AANA fights it, and what opportunities it opens up. As many of you know, the way the law currently stands, it essentially “incentivizes” rural hospitals to use CRNA’s rather than Docs. Thoughts??

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[kidthor]

Great news.

I suspect it won't make it out of committee but I hope it does. I don't see why it's fair to rural Americans to get inferior care when they could have the best for the same price!!!

 

[IMGASMD]

ASA Applauds Introduction of Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act; Legislation Will Increase Rural Patients’ Access to Physician Anesthesia Care

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act, H.R. 5256, yesterday by Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI-2) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-2). The bill is ASA-endorsed legislation that will expand rural patients’...

www.asahq.org

It’ll be interesting to see if this passes, if the AANA fights it, and what opportunities it opens up. As many of you know, the way the law currently stands, it essentially “incentivizes” rural hospitals to use CRNA’s rather than Docs. Thoughts??

What would be the angle aana coming from though, publicly?

 

[DirtDocMD]

What would be the angle aana coming from though, publicly?

Other than “cheaper cost”, I can’t think of a possible legitimate one….

 

[kidthor]

Other than “cheaper cost”, I can’t think of a possible legitimate one….

The AANA is very politically savvy and shameless. I'm sure they'll raise a cost issue - e.g. the nurse anesthesiologists are already selflessly serving the rural population and the physician anesthesiologists just want to steal the government's money.

 

[jwk]

What would be the angle aana coming from though, publicly?

Their propaganda machine is constantly spewing crap about CRNAs are the "only" providers in most rural counties. They'll quote statistics like "71 counties in Texas don't even have anesthesiologists". Never mind that 71 counties in Texas don't have hospitals.

 

[anbuitachi]

can someone with more knowledge on the matter explain how this even happened in the first place? how did it exclude us? are physician surgeons included in medicare pass thru

 

[Ronin786]

can someone with more knowledge on the matter explain how this even happened in the first place? how did it exclude us? are physician surgeons included in medicare pass thru

Ask Bill Clinton's mom

 

[IMGASMD]

Ask Bill Clinton's mom

Unsupervised anesthesia care by a nurse anesthetist is a threat to patient safety

No matter how quickly you tried to switch the television channel lately, you probably couldn’t escape the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray or avoid hearing about propofol, an anesthesia drug that can be …

apennedpoint.com

Not exactly what was discussed, but provides some context.

 

[Anesthesia_Guy]

Won't happen....next!