Member Focus

Title: Administrator
Facility Name: Corpus Christi Outpatient Surgery
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Length of time your facility has been an ASCA member: Five or more years

Are allied health professionals part of your staff? What services do they provide, and how do you determine their competency?

Our allied health team includes physician assistants, surgical technicians, certified nurse anesthetists, intraoperative neuromonitoring technologists and others as required by our governing board. They provide services within their scope of practice to provide quality care to our patients by enhancing our surgical team. We involve our medical executive committee and nursing and administrative leadership teams when determining initial and ongoing competency.

How do you bill for anesthesia services? Under your billing info or separately for a contracted anesthesia group under their info? What are the pros and cons of your method?

Anesthesia services at our facility are a contracted, professional service. Our contract provides coverage and service expectations and is evaluated annually to determine if those expectations are being met or need modifications. The contracted vendor is responsible for all billing and collecting of fees associated with anesthesia services. One expectation is that the vendor is in network with the majority of our primary insurance companies in our market.