Anesthesia Associates of Boise, P.A.

Anesthesia Associates of Boise is the largest anesthesia group in Idaho comprised of general & subspecialty trained anesthesiologists & CRNAs.

[Anesthesia Associates of Boise, P.A. @AnesthesiaAssoc]

COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool (Georgia Tech & Stanford) shows the risk level of attending an event, given the event size and location. Risk level is the estimated chance (0-100%) that at least 1 COVID-19 positive person will be present.

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[Anesthesia Associates of Boise, P.A. @AnesthesiaAssoc]

@GeraldNGOM @KenRoth Phnomp

[ASA Monitor @ASAMonitor]

“Quality measurement is more than a regulatory requirement – it is a strategic advantage for many anesthesiology groups,” write Cathlin Bowman-Young and ASA Chief Quality Officer @profmattp.

Discover how ASA is addressing broader quality objectives. https://t.co/Zpy7iK1S5Y

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

More $Bs in profits for @Cigna, over $3B in ‘24. So, there’s plenty of $ in the healthcare system but again it is misdirected to those who wake up every day to deny & delay payment vs. & from those who wake up everyday to care for us, physicians and hospitals. https://t.co/ItROrGaY0C

[APSF @APSForg]

Dr @MonicaHarbellMD at the APSF panel on technology in the OR to support #medicationsafety.
- #AI/augmented reality
- #RFID tags
- Barcode scanning

Does your hospital use any of these? What benefits and pitfalls do you see?
#patientsafety #medicaltech #medicationerrors #PGA78 @ERebelloMD

[ASA Monitor @ASAMonitor]

In “Navigating the Aftermath of an Unexpected Intraoperative Death,” read about:
🔸 The unexpected death of patients in the OR
🔸 The “second victim effect” and strategies for support
🔸 Support for trainees
https://t.co/MFjaKisj5U

#anesthesiology #anesthesiologist

[Ian Weissman, DO @DrIanWeissman]

The U.S. government has urged states to make interim payments to healthcare providers that were hit by the cyberattack at UnitedHealth's unit Change Healthcare.
https://t.co/gP2Po118yn

[Kevin Loar @kevinloar]

The American Hospital Association calls the suspected ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a unit of insurance giant UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, “the most significant and consequential incident of its kind against the U.S. health care system… https://t.co/Pr3y5ovIml

[Darren Pulsipher @darrenpulsipher]

Millions of patients' sensitive information was compromised in a data breach at UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare. The Department of Health and Human Services is investigati... https://t.co/KcUkn2ETtu

[STEMNASTICS LLC. @stem_nastics]

HHS to investigate UnitedHealth and ransomware attack on Change Healthcare https://t.co/nSZCCCUSfV

[Jeffrey Davis @JeffreyLDavis44]

Good flag here! Clinicians can request an exemption from one or more categories of MIPS due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack. Any submission of data however overrides the exemption. @CMSGov has also extended the 2023 MIPS submission date to April 15, 2024.

[RevCycleGuy @RevCycleGuy]

Latest from @ChiefHealthExec - Nearly all hospitals feel financial impact of Change Healthcare cyberattack #Healthcare #Executive #News https://t.co/mXrx42Ap1S

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

An actual investigation and fines by a state insurance commissioner of a health plan=“a red letter day” https://t.co/q0a7aioqXz

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

We have had a few practices who were afraid to apply for the Change Healthcare Medicare Advanced Payments because of attestation that they cannot submit claims to Medicare, when they might have submitted some paper claims (painfully).

@CMSGov helpfully clarified today, it's OK

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

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[Modern Healthcare @modrnhealthcr]

A group of R1 RCM's independent directors will review New Mountain Capital's $5.8 billion offer to acquire the company and take it private. https://t.co/kHYEUtS3oS

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

2/ 👇🏻

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

Yet despite MACRA in 2015 which gave us the train wreck know as MIPS & supposedly would stop the annual exercise of the physician community having to ask Congress to stop annual cuts to the #Medicare fee schedule—that is exactly where we are today w/ annualized -2% to Medicare in ‘24. . The cuts physicians face in ‘25 are much more significant again w/out Congress stepping in. https://t.co/DOZIiCtqwH

[Anesthesia Associates of Boise, P.A. @AnesthesiaAssoc]

Day 24...

[ASAGrassrootsNetwork @ASAGrassroots]

ASA continues to urge action by federal policy makers to mitigate the financial impacts on ASA members from the Change Healthcare (CHC) cyberattack and system disruption. Read about the latest actions ASA is taking here: https://t.co/UFxv6Vww6w

[Jeffrey Davis @JeffreyLDavis44]

HHS IS INVESTIGATING CHANGE HEALTHCARE/ UHG

Earlier today, @HHSOCR released a short letter to stakeholders outlining the responsibilities of covered entities (health insurers and providers) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. OCR states in the letter that given the magnitude of the Change Healthcare cybersecurity attack, it will be “initiating an investigation into the incident. OCR’s investigation of Change Healthcare and UHG will focus on whether a breach of protected health information occurred and Change Healthcare’s and UHG’s compliance with the HIPAA Rules.”

OCR will not be conducting a direct investigation onto other covered entities that partner with Change Healthcare and UHG, but OCR reminds them about their responsibilities under HIPAA. OCR also provides a list of resources to help covered entities protect their records systems and patients from cyberattacks. https://t.co/plg6bkTGk4

[ASA® @ASALifeline]

The March @_Anesthesiology cover study found no meaningful difference in outcomes between spinal and general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery. The choice of anesthesia can thus be based on patient preference and operative planning. https://t.co/afAKPsBMSB

#anesthesiologist