An anesthesia practice in Kansas City, Mo., dodged a whistle-blower lawsuit after a federal court ruled June 9 that the absence of an anesthesiologist in the operating room when a patient begins to emerge from anesthesia didn’t violate a Medicare reimbursement regulation (United States ex rel. Donegan v. Anesthesia Assocs. of Kan. City, P.C., 2015 BL 181507, W.D. Mo., 4:12-cv-00876-DGK, 6/9/15).
Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City PC (AAKC) was alleged to have billed Medicare for anesthesia services under the “medical direction” level of care (the second highest of four reimbursement levels for anesthesia) without the required step ...
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