The definition of the QZ modifier by Medicare is for a CRNA service without medical direction by a physician. According to the report, for Medicare, medical direction is not achieved unless the ...

Here are the anesthesia claims modifiers and guidance for when to report them, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s Medicare Claims Processing Manual.

In November, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield proposed a policy that would have placed time limits on procedures using anesthesia in Missouri, New York and Connecticut. After receiving pushback from ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General will be reviewing payments for personally performed anesthesia services for the fiscal year 2013, according to the ...