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Dr. Jean Covillo, DNAP, CRNA, founder of Excel Anesthesia, has led the group from its pioneering CRNA-only roots to today’s new era of synergy. With CRNAs and anesthesiologists working together, Excel is charting the future of sustainable, patient-focused anesthesia care.
Opinion by: Jean Covillo, DNAP, CRNA Randy Moore nailed it. In his recent Substack article, “No One Is Coming to Save Us: The Anesthesia Strategy Crisis,” he lays bare what many of us have known for far too long but haven’t said out loud:“We’ve all been played.” While anesthesiologists and CRNAs duke it out in […]
Written by Dr. Jean Covillo, CRNA Here is the fine print that no one wants to talk about. Tucked deep within the folds of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), is a sleight-of-hand move anesthesia providers cannot afford to ignore. The bill, if passed, would indirectly trigger an automatic 4% Medicare cut under PAYGO—on […]
By Jean Covillo, DNAP, MA, CRNA, APRN Physician Anesthesiologists (ANs) and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are qualified and licensed to provide anesthesia services. CMS directly reimburses both providers precisely the same, simply because it recognizes that both providers perform the same service, with the same patient safety outcomes, while adhering to the same quality performance […]
By Jean Covillo, DNAP, CRNA, APRN Managing Member, Excel Anesthesia, LLC As published in the federal register, commercial payers are given the “green light” to discriminate against CRNAs by reducing payments for the same service. When calculating the Qualifying Payment Amount (QPA), insurance companies are allowed to separately calculate this amount based on service code-modifier […]
An Evaluation of Commercial Payer Reimbursement and Contracting Factors for Physician Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists for Services Performed in 2019 CRNA FEE for Service Posted Content Survey Instructions and Survey Questions
Opinion By Dr. Jean Covillo, CRNA When our choices as individuals overwhelmingly threaten the health and prosperity of our society ~ one must question whether these choices, are indeed, truly “personal.” Every day I see, hear, and read about folks angrily defending their rights as U.S. citizens to make their own decisions, live their own […]
By Jean Covillo, DNAP, MA, CRNA March 27, 2021 Until Medicaid expansion actually takes effect, non-disabled adults without children are not eligible for Medicaid in Missouri (MO HealthNet) regardless of how low their income is, and parents with dependent children are only eligible with incomes that don’t exceed 22 percent of the poverty level. Do […]
Urgent Priority Initiative: Updates Needed for CRNA Modifier Codes By Jean Covillo, DNAP, MA, APRN, CRNA The ASA’s rationale for a dominant position in the market depends on their ability to provide evidence of improved outcomes relative to CRNAs. “This is not too difficult if the evidence collected contains ambiguously generated data from two separate […]