Add your name to the CRNA database if you directly bill for services! Scroll down and click on the database survey link. We are establishing a database of CRNAs who bill commercial insurance companies directly. These participants will be included in our upcoming reimbursement survey. CRNAs that bill insurance directly are not easy to find. We have had a response of over 600 CRNAs but only 340 were found to be eligible. Can you help us reach 500? It takes less than a minute to enter your information. Click Here to take the survey!
Background
My name is Jean Covillo, and I am a CRNA who has practiced the last 25 years as a managing partner of an all CRNA group. Our group provides all CRNA services and part of my job as manager involves contract negotiation with commercial insurance companies. Currently there are no benchmarks for comparison when negotiating these rates which places companies like ours at a distinct disadvantage. I also have a strong reason to suspect the CRNAs are not receiving the same reimbursement rates as our physician counterparts even though we are performing the exact same procedures.
This survey will be conducted as part of my capstone project for the DNAP degree and will focus on evidence-based methods that allow independently practicing CRNAs to better negotiate competitive rates with commercial insurance companies. The CRNA profession currently has NO benchmarks showing the average commercial reimbursement rates. This information is critical for negotiating advantageous rates.
Relevance
It is believed that CRNA commercial rates are well below the rates of physician anesthesiologists when providing the exact same services, but without data, there is no evidence this practice exists. The ASA performs yearly national average assessments of reimbursement rates negotiated by physician anesthesiologists and makes this information available to its members. This data is critical for negotiating advantageous rates with commercial insurance companies.
If you bill “fee-for-service” to Commercial Insurance Payers, click on the link and add your name to the database so that we can include you in our upcoming CRNA Reimbursement Survey aimed at identifying the national average commercial insurance reimbursement rates for CRNAs practicing without medical direction.
