View this email in your browser ACE Alert, September 30, 2021 Volume 40 It’s The Final Countdown   Sing it with us!  Q4 is a few hours away. Are you and your team ready for the end of the year?!   The ACE calendar for Q4 only has a few spots left. If you are interested in booking

View this email in your browser ACE Alert, September 23, 2021 Volume 39 ASA Managed Care Survey Released The highly regarded ASA managed care survey for 2021 was just released this month. Stan Stead, MD, MBA, FASA and Sharon Merrick, MS, CCS-P survey anesthesia groups across the country for five of their largest commercial managed care

View this email in your browser ACE Alert, September 16, 2021 Volume 38 BIG NEWS COMING! The ACE team has something coming your way that we are very excited about! Join us tomorrow 9/17/21 for our Q3 Code and Chat event. Participants who join us get the first look at our new training programs!  Space is limited. We have 5 spots

View this email in your browser ACE Alert, September 9, 2021 Volume 37   Advanced Beneficiary Notices (ABN): Are they the answer to the “Not Medically Necessary” Dilemma?   Several of ACE’s clients have contacted the office asking about the new LCD policies that state that anesthesia is rarely if ever necessary with routine pain

View this email in your browser   Let’s Chat! When:  Friday, September 17th at 12 pm- 1 pm CST.   Join us to unravel and analyze hot industry topics that are on the minds of professionals in the anesthesia industry.  The topic for Q3 will be about ICD-10-CM coding for anesthesia. Why ICD-10-CM coding is so important? Addressing Medical Necessity Denials ICD-10-CM guidelines

View this email in your browser ACE Alert, August 26, 2021, Volume 35     Provider Reimbursement Models for The Future By Donna Schlemmer   Times are changing with payment for medical services. To improve patient care while lowering costs, payors are exploring alternative payment models (APM). A goal at CMS is cultivating an affordable and accessible