Careers in Anesthesia are Changing, with Opportunities Outside Hospitals
Careers in anesthesia treating non-hospital patients is at the cutting edge of technique and skill while offering greater work-life balance.
Decreases in reimbursements, unpredictable schedules, inefficiencies, patient inconvenience; these are a few of the many reasons physicians are moving procedures out of HOPDs and ASCs and into their own clinic-based and in-office surgical suites.
Advances in surgical technology and methods along with the buzz created throughout the healthcare community about the benefits of this option have increased the utility and safety of minimally-invasive procedures performed in the office setting, while at the same time insurance providers have increased reimbursements to doctors who work in their own space.
“Traditionally, people think about things like doing a suture, removing a cyst, or doing a nasal tracheal endoscopy, small things, and automatically think about an operating room with the big overhead lights and the circulating nurse and scrub tech, being in a hospital,” says Dr. Meghan Valach, Chief Medical Officer for Mobile Anesthesiologists. “You can take those procedures outside of the operating room completely and do them in a regular office space, or surgical suites. The nice part about that is [physicians] can integrate it into their daily practice. They’re able to see patients over in their clinic, have the same staff using the same medical records, right on-site, actually have the people who know the patient take care of them for the procedure.”
But this shift in site of service is not without its list of considerations and due diligence items when implementing. We’ve compiled a list of the things physicians and their teams should keep top-of-mind as they weigh what office-based procedures could mean to their practice.
While the shift to office-based procedures can seem overwhelming at first glance, it is important to remember it can add to your bottom line, help you regain control of your practice, add valuable time back to your life, your staff’s lives, and your patients’ lives, and be part of the move towards true value-based care in the U.S. The long-term benefits significantly outweigh the short-term investment and change, and one you will never regret
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