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ASA Statement on Health Affairs Paper, August 2010
August 5, 2010
The ASA has posted a statement commenting on the recent Health Affairs paper on nurse anesthesia which can be found by clicking here. The level of media interest, at least in the short term, has been out of proportion to the merits of the paper but the ASA believes that making an ASA perspective widely available will be of benefit to its members and to the public at large.
Ask your U.S. Senator to sign the "Murray-Burr" letter
August 2, 2010
Efforts to address disparities in Medicare payments rates for anesthesia services remain a top priority for ASA. A recent letter by members of the U.S. House of Representatives represented an important step forward. Now members of the U.S. Senate are acting on the "33% problem." Your assistance is needed to build support in the U.S. Senate for consideration of Medicare payments for anesthesia services as "misvalued" under the new health care reform law.
Please call your Senators today.
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Burr (R-NC) have authored a letter asking U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to study anesthesiology's "33% percent" problem as a possible example of "misvalued" Medicare procedures. . . more
The Summer 2010 Bulletin is available! This online issue features the CSA's first full use of PDF Book Marks and Titles to bring you directly to the article(s) of your choice. Here are just some of the important stories the CSA Bulletin Editors have worked to bring you!
- The New Workers' Compensation Fee Schedule and How It Will Affect You
- The 2010 Primary Election Results: What does this mean for CSA and its members?
- The ASA, CSA and Revised CMS Interpretive Guidelines For Hospital Conditions of Participation
- CSA's New Pediatric Anesthesia CME Program - Module 1: Sickle Cell Disease
- CSA Bulletin Survey
OPT-OUT News
Motion for Summary Judgment Filed
On Thursday, June 3, 2010, the motion for summary judgment was filed for CSA/CMA v. Schwarzenegger. The hearing on the motions will take place Monday, August 23, but the issue may not be resolved on that date. The court could take the matter under submission after oral argument and issue its decision later. With all supporting documents the filing totaled over 800 pages.
Legal Analysis on Surgeon Liability
March 22, 2010.
Legal Analysis of California Law Related to Physician Supervision of CRNAs
CME Meetings
REGISTER NOW! Nov 1 - Nov 5, 20102010 CSA Fall Hawaiian Seminar REGISTER NOW! Jan 24 - Jan 28, 2011
2011 CSA Winter Hawaiian Seminar May 13 - May 15, 2011
CSA Annual Meeting and Clinical Anesthesia Update Oct 24 - Oct 28, 2011
2011 CSA Fall Hawaiian Seminar
