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11-10-08 |
ASA President Roger Moore and American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants President Deb Lawson express their support for a CMS rule that permits anesthesia carts to be securely stored, but not necessarily locked. |
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11-05-08 |
2008 Election Results:
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10-06-08 |
CMS announces new online tool to check availability of 2007 PQRI Feedback Report |
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09-25-08 |
UPDATE: Pain bills pass House |
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09-24-08 |
Update: House voting TODAY: Ask your Representative to vote “YES” on H.R. 2994—“National Pain Care Policy Act” |
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09-23-08 |
Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posts report, “Medicare Payments for Facet Joint Injection Services” |
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08-28-08 |
ASA submits comments on the CMS proposed 2009 Physician Fee Schedule |
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08-04-08 |
ASA President's Update |
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07-24-08 |
Study Uncovers Sobering Facts About Alcohol Abuse Detection in Surgical Patients, Offers Simple Tool for Identifying Those at Risk |
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07-15-08 |
ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to override President Bush’s veto of H.R. 6331! |
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07-10-08 |
Update: President Bush expected to veto H.R. 6331 soon |
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07-10-08 |
Urge President Bush to sign H.R. 6331 into law - Please call your Representatives and Senators today
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07-09-08 |
Legislative Victory: Senate passes Medicare bill! - H.R. 6331 includes SGR fix, Teaching Rule reform |
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07-07-08 |
ALERT: Senate to again vote on H.R. 6331—Legislation includes SGR and Teaching Rule fix Call your Senators again to urge a “YES” vote on H.R. 6331 |
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07-01-08 |
CMS Issues Additional Guidance Regarding Claims Processing |
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06-30-08 |
The American Society of Anesthesiologists Hires Three Medical Society Veterans For Director Positions |
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06-30-08 |
FDA MedWatch: 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloth Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation Product recalled: bacteria contamination |
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06-30-08 |
ASA Supports WHO Safe Surgery Initiative – WHO Surgical Safety Checklist |
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06-30-08 |
CMS to Delay Processing of Claims: No Payments with 10.6 percent reduction until July 15th. |
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06-30-08 |
The American Society of Anesthesiologists Hires Three Medical Society Veterans For Director Positions |
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06-27-08 |
ASA urges National Board of Medical Examiners to Reverse its Decision to Create Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Exam As Currently Written |
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06-27-08 |
Medicare vote fails in Senate Payment cuts to take effect July 1—Congressional action still needed—Please remain alert for further “calls to action”! |
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06-25-08 |
ALERT - House bill now moves to Senate—Senate to vote on SGR and Teaching Rule Call your Senators and urge a “YES” vote on H.R. 6331
Guide to Medicare-related acronyms
SGR – Sustainable Growth Rate – Formula used to calculate annual Medicare payment updates for services provided by physicians to Medicare beneficiaries.
GPCI — Geographic Practice Cost Indices — Adjustments made to Medicare physician fees to account for geographic differences in practice costs.
PQRI – Physician Quality Reporting Initiative – Provides financial incentives to physicians for the reporting of certain quality of care measures. |
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06-24-08 |
New Study Finds Oral Cannabis Ineffective in Treating Acute Pain |
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06-24-08 |
Report From the Front Lines: Study Probes Anesthesia Providers' Role in Improving Combat-Related Outcomes — 06-24-08 |
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06-24-08 |
APSF/ASA Announce Endowed Research Awards |
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06-24-08 |
Legislative update: House passes SGR fix, Teaching Rule reform! |
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06-23-08 |
ALERT: House set to vote on SGR and Teaching Rule reform!!! |
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06-23-08 |
2008 ASA Legislative Conference
Audio of Selected Sessions |
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06-20-08 |
Update: Medicare Payment legislation (Senate) |
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06-19-08 |
ASA Member Elected Chair-Elect of AMA Board of Trustees |
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06-19-08 |
Information on 2007 PQRI Payments and Reports |
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06-12-08 |
Medicare Payment Legislation Update |
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06-11-08 |
FDA MedWatch: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Heparin Recall for All Provider Types |
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06-10-08 |
FDA MedWatch: Morphine Sulfate 60 mg Extended Release Tablets - Recall of a Single Lot Due to a Report of a Tablet With Twice the Appropriate Thickness |
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06-09-08 |
ALERT: Senate set to vote on SGR and Teaching Rule reform!!! Call your Senator and urge a “YES” vote on S. 3101 |
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06-05-08 |
U.S. Senate passes Pain Care Coalition (PCC)-backed “Veterans Mental Health Improvements Act” |
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06-04-08 |
Anesthesiology Teaching Rule Reform |
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06-03-08 |
NPI now required for all HIPAA Standard Transactions |
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05-30-08 |
Have you been selected to participate in the Physician Practice Information survey? |
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05-28-08 |
ASA and AAAA Take a Stand Against Improper Infectious Disease Practices |
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05-23-08 |
Car Exhaust Therapy for Cardiopulmonary Bypass? A Poison as Protector |
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05-23-08 |
Legislative Alert: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus crafting legislation that would provide positive Medicare payment updates through 2009 and make other needed reforms |
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05-15-08 |
NPI required for all HIPAA Standard Transactions on May 23, 2008 |
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05-09-08 |
Anesthesiologists Help Patients Extinguish Smoking Habits — 05-09-08 |
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05-07-08 |
ASA comments at FDA hearing on fospropofol |
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05-02-08 |
WJZ-TV Baltimore Surgical Fires Segment Features ASA Advisory |
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05-02-08 |
Have you been selected to participate in the Physician Practice Information survey? |
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05-01-08 |
WJZ-TV Baltimore Surgical Fires Segment Features ASA Advisory |
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04-30-08 |
ASA Member Named To Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List |
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04-30-08 |
The Wall Street Journal Focuses on Rare Anesthesia Risk |
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04-24-08 |
ASA Takes Action on Operating Room Fires |
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04-23-08 |
Having Surgery? STOP, and Take This Test First! |
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04-23-08 |
ASA Practice Advisory for OR Fires Featured on WLS-TV Chicago |
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04-23-08 |
ASA Releases Practice Advisory for the Prevention and Management of OR Fires |
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04-21-08 |
ASA Practice Advisory for OR Fires Featured on WLS-TV Chicago |
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04-18-08 |
Congressional Record recognizes the late Bertram Coffer, M.D. |
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04-17-08 |
U.S. Supreme Court issues opinion regarding lethal injection |
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03-28-08 |
Details on Malignant Hyperthermia |
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03-27-08 |
ASA offers support for H.R. 5465, the Military Pain Care Act of 2008 |
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03-25-08 |
Sewer Gas, Rotten Eggs and Suspended Animation: Researchers Probing Exciting Possibilities of Breathing Hydrogen Sulfide |
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03-25-08 |
Study Finds Important Links Between Heart Failure and Complications During Non-Cardiac Surgery |
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03-25-08 |
NPI required for all HIPAA Standard Transactions on May 23, 2008 |
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03-24-08 |
Celebrate Doctors Day 2008 |
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03-24-08 |
Celebrate Doctors Day 2008
ASA Commemorates Doctors Day 2008
Doctors Day 2008 Fact Sheet |
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03-10-08 |
Tamper-resistant prescriptions required beginning April 1, 2008 |
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03-03-08 |
FDA MedWatch: Fentanyl (Duragesic) Patches Recalled |
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03-03-08 |
ASA Responds to Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak, Focuses on Infection Control |
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02-29-08 |
FDA MedWatch: Baxter discontinues Edrophonium (Enlon). |
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02-27-08 |
Aetna announces delay in implementation of new endoscopy policy. |
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02-27-08 |
Aetna announcement |
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02-27-08 |
ASA Member Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D., M.P.H., appears in CBS News "Eye on Your Health" Segment |
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02-22-08 |
Anesthesia Study Targets Risk Factors in Obese Children, Provides Clinicians New Knowledge for Providing Safer Care |
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02-22-08 |
Beyond Stem Cells: New Acute Lung Injury Study Finds Benefits of Autologous Cell Transplantation Therapy |
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02-19-08 |
10.6% SGR cut set for July 1: Ask Congress for positive Medicare payment updates! |
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02-15-08 |
FDA MedWatch: Duragesic 25 mcg/hr (fentanyl transdermal system) CII Pain Patches Recalled |
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02-14-08 |
ASA Smoking Cessation Video Uploaded to YouTube and Yahoo! Video |
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02-14-08 |
Perioperative ACLS (Anesthesiology-based ACLS) now available. |
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02-13-08 |
ASA Member Andy Harris, M.D., wins Republican primary for Maryland’s 1st Congressional District |
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02-07-08 |
ASA and AMA conducting Physician Practice Information survey |
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02-06-08 |
2008 unadjusted conversion factor: $19.97 |
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01-31-08 |
CMS corrects base unit value for CPT Code 00797—Anesthesia for intraperitoneal procedures in upper abdomen including laparoscopy; gastric restrictive procedure for morbid obesity |
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01-31-08 |
Reminder: National Provider Identifier (NPI) implementation date is March 1, 2008 |
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01-29-08 |
Updated! Anesthesia Conversion Factors Through June 2008 |
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01-24-08 |
ASA informs CMS of incorrect base unit value for CPT Code 00797—Anesthesia for intraperitoneal procedures in upper abdomen including laparoscopy; gastric restrictive procedure for morbid obesity |
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01-23-08 |
Future Patients Could be Breathing Easier After Results of Novel Ventilator Study |
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01-17-08 |
Now Available - Questions and Answers About Blood Management - Fourth Edition. |
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01-15-08 |
Louisiana Court Declares Interventional Pain Management is Solely the Practice of Medicine and Is Not within Nurse Anesthetist Scope of Practice |
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01-14-08 |
ASA Submits Amicus Brief regarding Lethal Injection |
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01-11-08 |
ASA expresses “grave concerns” to Aetna regarding new endoscopy policy |
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01-11-08 |
ASA Letter to Aetna |
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01-10-08 |
The new Geriatric Anesthesiology Curriculum provides a comprehensive list of topics for the Consultant in Geriatric Anesthesiology.. |
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01-08-08 |
President Bush signs Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 |
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01-04-08 |
Aetna Policy |
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ASA Statement on Medical Necessity |
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01-01-08 |
Movie Theater Ad on ASA Members’ dedication to patient safety. |
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