McCook A. Anesthesia Training Shorts Practice Issues.
Anesthesiology News 2011: 38 (6): 1, 29.
According to results of a recent survey, most
anesthesiologists believe residency programs do a poor job of training doctors
in the area of practice management. Many of the respondents believed that
residents are inadequately trained in billing, reimbursement, liability,
contracts as well as other issues involved in running a practice. Additionally,
respondents agreed that lack of training in these areas are very important
parts of becoming a physician.
More than 3.600 clinicians responded to the survey. Between
68-88% of respondents thought residents were inadequately exposed to billing
issues, 71% said there was not enough training in insurance reimbursement and
84% thought that training in these areas
would greatly improve patient care as well as containment of healthcare costs.
50% believed that residents were however adequately exposed to quality
assurance and scheduling in the operating room. Interestingly, residency
program directors who responded to the survey were the least likely to say that
residents were not well trained in practice management.
The goal of this survey was to help recognize these
deficiencies and to encourage residency programs to help anesthesia resident’s
transition from residency to practice.
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