Tag Archive: NBCRNA

Feb 18

Suggestions to improve collaboration between the AANA and its affiliate organizations

I want to discuss the relationship of the AANA with the COA and NBCRNA in light of some further research I have been doing.I would like to thank Rita Rupp, RN, a long-time AANA staffer and staunch defender of CRNAs (and dear friend and compadre of Ira Gunn) for pointing me in the right direction …

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Feb 03

Should an Anesthesiologist sit on the NBCRNA Board?

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I am in favor of having an anesthesiologist and a surgeon on the NBCRNA board, as well as a public member and a hospital administrator member.

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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 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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