tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 6

ANESTHESIA: Learn Why Your Anesthesiologist's Location Matters

3 Important factors help you understand what signifies "physically and immediately available"An anesthesiologist routinely steps out from medically directed cases to perform other allowable services, so you need to be sure he's still "physically present and immediately available" under medical-direction guidelines before you code it as such. Learn the criteria that fit the definition and why OR size, service location and patient condition matter."I think Medicare made the term 'immediately available' in the guidelines purposely vague to take into consideration that each anesthesia practice will have a different physical layout, and that might affect their policy," says...

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