Providers may not bill separately for peripheral nerve blocks for postoperative pain management when their anesthesia mode is monitored anesthesia care. Authors of Medicare reimbursement codes believe ...

With promises of fewer side effects and reduced hospital stays, surgery without a general anesthetic is sounding better and better. Nerve block anesthesia is the solution.

A study, published in Anesthesia & Analgesia, examined peripheral nerve block utilization in outpatient surgery settings across the U.S.

By this rational supplementation of Pentothal Sodium with novocain block, a sharp reduction in the quantity of the former required for anesthesia was accomplished.