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This guy needs to be careful. He could be in big trouble. An individual must have the consent of...

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I'd be interested in hearing what Dick was thinking before he decided to illegally record the event.

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Vanderbuilt Starts Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Intensivist Fellowship

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Published on 05-19-2012 09:35 AM Number of Views: 114

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center has developed a pilot Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Intensivist Fellowship program run jointly by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and the Department of Anesthesiology-Division of Critical Care Medicine.

“Much like physicians prepare for their subspecialty ...

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Kansas Heart Hospital, physician recognized for support of deployed nurse anesthetist

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Published on 05-18-2012 11:22 PM Number of Views: 106

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Representatives of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented an award to Kansas Heart Hospital and anesthesiologist Ernie Hoeckel for their support of a worker who was recently deployed to Afghanistan. ...

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Published on 05-18-2012 05:35 PM Number of Views: 347

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The sound of a dentist's drill can make even the toughest patients panic. But for one Valley man, it wasn't the drill that worried him. It's what was said during his dental procedure.

"I had told him I was very uncomfortable going under general anesthesia," said Donovan Cade, who was scheduled to have his wisdom teeth pulled. "He convinced me to anyway during our consultation."

Both Cade and the dentist, Dr. Brown Harris, will tell you they got off to a rough start after an initial ...

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Texas Study Shows Benefits of Using ARPNs to Full Scope of Practice

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Published on 05-14-2012 07:37 PM Number of Views: 143

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See attached study below.

Study Entitled:

"The Economic Benefits of More Fully Utilizing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in the Provision of Health Care in Texas: An Analysis of Local and Statewide Effects on Business Activity"

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Published on 05-14-2012 07:32 PM Number of Views: 113

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President Obama’s health-care law is expected to expand health insurance to 32 million Americans over the next decade. Health policy experts anticipate that the wave of new insurance subscribers will lead to a spike in demand for medical services.

That has a battle heating up over who will provide that care. Nurse practitioners are rolling out a campaign this week to explain what, exactly, nurse practitioners do — and why ...

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European Society of Anesthesiology Retraction Upsets US GI Docs

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Published on 05-14-2012 07:24 PM Number of Views: 255

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Much to the chagrin of U.S. gastroenterologists who had praised the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA) for its rigor and fairness, the society recently decided to retract its endorsement of guidelines for non–anesthesiologist-administered propofol (Pelosi P. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2012;29:208).

“Those of us in the U.S. had applauded the ESA for being more fair-minded and scientifically rigorous than ...

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Nurse Anesthetist recalls service in Afghanistan

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Published on 05-13-2012 07:57 PM Number of Views: 357

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After watching the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Tom Larson was inspired to use his training as a registered nurse to serve the country. Larson was still in nursing school then.

"I really wanted to join the infantry and go fight the war," he said. "At that point, I had a baby at home and thought it would just be better for me to finish nursing school."
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CMS expands medical staff definition to include APRNs

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Published on 05-12-2012 08:08 AM Number of Views: 380

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Among a raft of changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued this week, the agency controversially expanded its definition of the medical staff, allowing nonphysician practitioners to have privileges like other medical staff members. In an effort to cut some outdated requirements, ...

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Kentucky ASA Misinformation About Opt Out: Reality Check

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Published on 05-10-2012 10:21 PM Number of Views: 1856

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Today the KSA (Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists) Released a press release and email blast to their members attacking the recent Opt Out by the Kentucky Governor Beshear. As expected it is full of misinformation, inaccuracies and bold face lies. We here at nurse-anestheisa.org have put together a response. At the bottom you can find the actual letter and talking points by the KSA. Here is our reply with sections of the KSA response in quotes:

This is certainly NOT a standard and in fact it is simply a billing requirement for the hospital to bill medicare part A not the CRNA to bill medicare part B. CRNAs have been working autonomously without MDAs for over a century and not a shred of evidence exists which shows, with any metric studied, that independent CRNA practice increases M&M. Clearly this isnt a standard and in fact since CRNAs work autonomously in all states (opt out or not), and they are the experts in anesthesia when working with a surgeon (just as an MDA is when working with a surgeon). This is independent practice and happens everywhere in the USA everyday, sans MDA.

No standard just mythology.

Not even one part of this statement is actually true. Lets go through it since it is so inaccurate.

Lets put this into perspective...

Due to our advances over the past 25 years or so, almost unique in healthcare enterprises, anesthesiology is now approaching the “six sigma performance” grail of an ultra-safe organization (3.4 defective outcomes per million opportunities). No other clinical specialty even comes close. The aviation industry performs between six and seven sigma. (. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care. Report to Congress. March 2011. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. & Agency for HealthCare ...

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A heroic CRNA - and why CRNAs are the lifeblood of rural hospitals.

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Published on 05-10-2012 09:18 PM Number of Views: 593

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On Wednesday, May 2nd, at 1:30 am, Kimmerle Miller-Leonard, CRNA was on call for Toppenish Community Hospital, a rural Critical Access hospital in Southeastern ...

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NJ Anesthesiologist Doing Surgery Without Proper Training

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Published on 05-10-2012 03:10 PM Number of Views: 265

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A Passaic County anesthesiologist who the state says put patients in danger by performing spinal surgery without the proper training agreed to stop doing all but the most minor surgery until a full hearing on the state's allegations is held.

Richard A. Kaul, 47, who owns the New Jersey Spine and Rehabilitation Center in Pompton Lakes, ...

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American Pain Foundation Shuts Down as Senators Launch Investigation of Prescription Narcotics

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Published on 05-10-2012 02:58 PM Number of Views: 146

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As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of narcotic painkillers and groups that champion them, a leading pain advocacy organization said it was dissolving "due to irreparable economic circumstances."

The American Pain Foundation, which described itself as the nation’s largest organization for pain patients, was the focus of a December investigation by ProPublica in The Washington Post that detailed its close ties to drugmakers.

The group received 90 percent of its $5 million in funding in 2010 from the drug and medical-device industry, ...

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Cancelled surgeries cost hospitals millions

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Published on 05-07-2012 06:28 PM Number of Views: 189

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Patient no-shows and cancellations on the day of surgery are costing hospitals millions of dollars each year, Anesthesiology News reported.

Researchers at Tulane University Medical Center found that 6.7 percent of scheduled elective outpatient surgeries ...

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Expand Nurse Practitioner Practice

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Published on 05-07-2012 06:05 PM Number of Views: 212

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Allowing nurses to act as primary-care providers will increase coverage and lower health-care costs. So why is there so much opposition from physicians?

Think it takes a long time to get an appointment with a primary care provider now? Brace yourself: it will likely only get worse. ...

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$452 Million Dollar Medicare Bust

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Published on 05-03-2012 01:49 PM Number of Views: 244

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Is your practice meeting the rules of TEFRA if the MDAs are billing "medical direction"? If not this could be your group.

Officials busted 107 individuals, charged with $452 million worth of Medicare billing fraud, the U.S. Justice Department and Health & Human ...

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Missouri Senator Tom Dempsey Seeks to Limit Access to Pain Services

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Published on 05-03-2012 08:55 AM Number of Views: 347

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Senator Tom Dempsey makes bold statements in this audio but NONE of them are based in evidence or data. He clearly knows nothing about the practice of Nurse Anesthetists but has decided to repeat ...

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Anesthesiologists Stipend Highest of Hospital Based Services

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Published on 05-01-2012 03:26 PM Number of Views: 486

MD Ranger released their 3rd annual Physician compensation report result data which they culled from more than 220 hospitals nationwide, and covers more than ...

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Six States Account for Over 50% of Malpractice Payouts

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Published on 04-28-2012 06:12 PM Number of Views: 508

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Diederich Healthcare, a medical malpractice insurance company, recently released an analysis of medical malpractice payments made in 2011, as recorded by the National
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2012 Anesthesiologist Salary Survey Shows Declining Wages

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Published on 04-26-2012 08:36 PM Number of Views: 1287

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See the who survey HERE. It is worth it to read the slides.

In 2011, anesthesiologists earned a mean income of $309,000, down from $325,000 the prior year. These respondents are among the top 6 fields in earnings, at more than $300,000. The others are radiology, orthopedic ...

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MHA Voices Concern With CRNA Reimbursement

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Published on 04-26-2012 08:24 PM Number of Views: 338

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MHA, along with the Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska hospital associations, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

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