One of the primary challenges of today's anesthesia billing is that the way charges are calculated does not always conform to the way payers calculate payment, making efficiency difficult, Tony Mira, Anesthesia Business Consultants president and CEO, said in a blog post.
To manage a successful practice, all economic variables must be monitored, and this can be mitigated by using data from an anesthesia billing system.
The system contains all the pertinent details of every surgery or delivery for which anesthesia was provided and can help solve utilization issues by tracking activity.
Most practices are not in transition, Mr. Mira wrote, and anesthesia billing systems can help practices be timely, accurate and clinically efficient during these transitions.
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