Monthly Archive: January 2012

My Goals as Treasurer and AANA Officer

I would like to set a new standard for the communication of financial information to our members at all levels- the Board, the Nation, and the State. In doing so, I will increase the value of an AANA membership by providing important financial tools to every member.

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Jan 29

Biographical Sketch

Similar to my resume, this page provides details about my professional history. It includes dates and descriptions of my employment and positions I’ve held within various associations, including WANA and the AANA.

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Jan 29

Fall Assembly 2011 Lecture Materials: Policy Manual Template

This template is simply a series of Microsoft Word place-holder files within place-holder folders. I am providing it to give you an idea how you may wish to structure your state association’s policy manual. Download the ZIP archive.  

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Jan 29

White Paper: CRNAs and Pain Management

Title: CRNAs and Pain Management: One member’s opinion Author: Dan Simonson, CRNA, MHPA Created on: April 22, 2011 Download this white paper as a PDF It is now a little over one month since Noridian posted its statement concerning payment to CRNAs for pain management CPT codes. Because Noridian covers so many states in my …

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Jan 28

White Paper: Sounding an Alarm for Hospital-employed CRNAs

Title: Sounding an Alarm for Hospital-employed CRNAs Author: Daniel Simonson, CRNA MHPA Created on: 10/23/2011 Download this white paper as a PDF This brief paper is intended to highlight some recent observations I have made regarding the disadvantage hospital-employed CRNAs (as opposed to anesthesiologist- or self-employed CRNAs) have in negotiating the new economic realities assaulting …

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Jan 09

Report from the Field – MoANA meeting

I just finished presenting (on Sunday, 10/23/2011) the NBCRNA CPC program to the Missouri Association of Nurse Anesthetists.  This is my report.  I am sending a copy of the report simultaneously to the NBCRNA, the AANA BOD, and the AANA members’ only listservs.  Much of this report was copied from my previous Illinois meeting report, …

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