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This may sound counter-intuitive but for patients who are self-funding toal joint replacement surgery, it is often CHEAPER for patients to choose a high volume subspecialist surgeon than a generalist who does far fewer hips/knees a year. This is because a major component of the overall cost is the hospital daily bed fee of approx $1,500/day. When patients have an anterior approach hip replacement with me we aim to get the patients HOME Day 1 post op. (Other approaches can obtain similar results.) However other patients are often in hospital for 4-5 days, followed by a period of inpatient rehab. The costs add up quickly. Therefore if high volume and lower volume surgeons charge approximately the same, the episode of care will often be cheaper with the high volume surgeon. My colleagues in America do hips as outpatient day cases. This just isn't supported by insurers in Australia yet. I enjoy getting patients up and home quickly and for self funding patients this can also mean a considerable cost saving. Hopefully insurers will also start to recognise the cost saving and pass it on to patients rather than just pocketing this as they do currently. #selffund #costsaving #hipreplacement #kneereplacement

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The Anesthesia Conundrum Becker’s ASC Review published the article, “The Anesthesia Conundrum” spotlighting the increase in cancelled surgeries as a result of Medicare’s decline of anesthesia reimbursements and the shortage of anesthesia providers. As providers look for new models to adapt to these changes, office-based surgery is a viable option. https://bit.ly/48NNTxf #AnesthesiaShortage #BeckersASC #OBS #OfficeBasedSurgery

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🩺 New guidelines alert! 🩺 The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia has updated its recommendations for blood glucose management in adult diabetic patients undergoing ambulatory surgery. Here are some highlights: • Liberal intra-op glucose targets: 180-250 mg/dL • No case cancellations for hyperglycemia (unless DKA/HHNS) • Water instead of carb loading 🥤 • No postponement decisions based on Hemoglobin A1C For the full guidelines, be sure to read the article! 📚 #AnesthesiaCare #DiabetesManagement #AmbulatorySurgery #PatientSafety #Healthcare #Anesthesia https://lnkd.in/ggVtTs4U

Earlier this year, we (Wohl E et al. A&A Practice) showed that evaluating anesthesia practitioners based on ICU admission after ambulatory surgery is invalid. Can automate evaluations but misleading criterion. New study considers all anesthetics for surgery and postoperative length of stay. It also shows that it is invalid to consider LOS as associated with anesthesiologists' and nurse anesthetists' quality of clinical care. https://lnkd.in/gW262ryJ

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