Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement

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This paper discusses the recent controversy surrounding the passage of the Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006, which puts nurse anesthetists in-training at a funding disadvantage compared to anesthesiology physician residents. The paper briefly provides an historical and legal background of the current situation, discusses the consequences of such a bill on the specialty and outlines measures that must be taken to avert this.

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"The gradual overlap of some medical and nursing professions has sparked some controversies regarding professional boundaries, respective duties and responsibilities and their places in the health care system. In particular, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for students - nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists in-training - has become a bone of contention for several reasons. Recently, the introduction of H.R. 5246 and 5348 in Congress and S. 2990 in the Senate (Medical Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006) aims to address the inadequate compensation and funding of anesthesiology trainee programs in order to bolster the decreasing ranks of anesthesiologists (U.S. Congress, 2006; U.S. Senate, 2006)."

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