Month: August 2010

CRNA Reimbursement Payment can be made for medical or surgical services furnished by non-medically directed qualified anesthetists if they are allowed to furnish these services under state law. These services may include the insertion of the Swan-Ganz catheters, central venous pressure lines, intra-arterial lines, pain management, emergency intubation and the pre-anesthetic examination and evaluation of ... Read More

CRNA and Anesthesiologist in a Single Anesthesia Procedure When a single anesthesia procedure involves both a physician medical direction service and the service of the medically directed CRNA, the payment amount for the service of each is 50 percent of the allowance otherwise recognized had the service been furnished by the anesthesiologist alone. The CRNA ... Read More