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Archive > October, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 10

Anesthesia and the New Economics of GI

With GI reimbursements taking a hit under the new ASC payment system, how will surgery centers afford anesthesia services for endoscopic procedures?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Who should sedate GI patients? The issue is once again front and center, this time the debate having more to do with money than medicine. The talk has shifted from the safety of propofol in untrained hands to insurers unwilling to pay for anesthesia for routine colonoscopy procedures and shrinking reimbursements that might force endo centers to employ conscious sedation nurses rather than using trained anesthesia providers.

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