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See "Billing/Payment" section below for 2012 Base Units and Conversion Factors
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Anesthesia Work, Practice Expense, and Malpractice Shares 11-2-2011 [ZIP, 16KB]

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2012 Anesthesia Conversion Factor 0% Update [ZIP, 16KB] (updated 1/5/12) -These are the anesthesia conversion factors used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2012 Anesthesia Base Units by CPT Code [ZIP, 19KB] These are the anesthesia base units used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2011 Anesthesia Base Units by CPT Code [ZIP, 19KB] These are the anesthesia base units used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2011 Anesthesia Conversion Factor [ZIP, 13KB] These are the anesthesia conversion factors used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2010 Anesthesia Base Units by CPT Code [ZIP, 19KB] These are the anesthesia base units used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2010 Anesthesia Conversion Factor 0% update and 2010 Anesthesia Conversion Factor 2.2% update. These are the anesthesia conversion factors used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2009 Anesthesia Base Units by CPT Code [ZIP, 9KB] These are the anesthesia base units used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
2009 Anesthesia Conversion Factor [ZIP, 10KB] These are the anesthesia conversion factors used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.

Participation

Title 42 - Public Health, Chapter IV CMS/DHHS: Conditions of Participation - Part 482.52 - Anesthesia Services
State Operations Manual: Hospital Interpretive Guidelines and Survey Procedures - Anesthesia Services -- Appendix A (482.52)
Part 410.69 Services of a certified registered nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist's assistant: Basic rule and definitions.
Pharmaceutical Services - 482.25 (Title 42 - Public Health, Chapter IV CMS/DHHS)
Fourteen states have chosen to opt-out of the CRNA physician supervision regulation -- See Anesthesia Supervision in the Spotlight for those states.

Issues on Anesthesia

Physician Regulatory Issues Team (PRIT)

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CMS Manuals & Transmittals

Medicare Claims Processing Manual
Payment for Anesthesiology Services Chapter 12 - Section 50 (See Sub-Section K - Anesthesia Claims Claims Modifiers) Physician Fee Schedule contains the amount physicians and other providers will receive when providing services to a Medicare beneficiary
Program Transmittals
National Correct Coding Initiative - Column 1/Column 2 Correct Coding Edits & Mutually Exclusive Correct Coding Edits Anesthesia Services (1/1/08-3/31/08) CPT Codes 00100-00999 CPT Codes 01000-09999

Educational Resources

Contacts

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CMS Regional Offices
Contacting the Coordination of Benefits Contractors (COBC)

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