May 1, 2008
ORs are stretched in providing additional anesthesia coverage
The surgeons want more OR rooms running later in the day and even on weekends. With reimbursement pressures, they say they need to spend more time in their offices seeing patients. But who's going to provide the anesthesia coverage for these extended hours? Anesthesia providers say it isn't financially feasible. They're already unhappy about downtime during the day. They are asking the administration for a stipend, or a higher stipend. What's going on?
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