Win the War with Effective Advocacy Through Efficiency-driven Anesthesia Modeling (1 Class A CE)

Monday, August 21, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

Location: CC Level 5- Ballroom 3

Speaker(s)

Christopher P. Hulin, DNP, MS, MSN, MBA, CRNA, FAANA

President
Middle TN School of Anesthesia
Madison, Tennessee, United States
Tracy P. Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA

AANA Director Region 7
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
Youngsville, Louisiana, United States

Slides

Explore EDAM and how it can support healthcare leaders to better understand anesthesia staffing and policies that will lead to enhancement of services and efficiencies specific to their community’s need presented using a healthcare policy analysis framework. Learn about different anesthesia staffing models and the differences in reimbursement, operating room efficiency and patient safety issues associated with these models. Discover cost efficiencies that will improve your facility’s financial position against declining reimbursements and find out how to manage and thrive despite changing payer and regulatory policies.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the ability to lead a discussion on Efficiency-driven Anesthesia Modeling with hospital administrators.
Identify CRNA value that members will understand using a nationally recognized policy framework to analyze data.
Identify alternative payment models while addressing safety and liability issues and reviewing case mix and payer mix to maximize anesthesia staffing to achieve value-based care objectives.