tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 33

Anesthesia Billing: You Could Be Throwing Away Hundreds Of Dollars With Incomplete Reports

Some anesthesiologists use surgical reports instead of their ownAs everybody knows, anesthesia begins some time before and ends well after a surgical procedure. But anesthesiologists don't always get credit for that extra time.Some anesthesiologists want to bill based on the surgical log, which only notes the start and end time of surgery, complains Christina Olson, consultant and auditor with South Oakland Services in Warren, MI. Oftentimes, these doctors practice out of hospitals and then have a side job at a surgery center or eye care clinic and "because it's not their regular full practice, they want to cut...

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