Anesthesiologists play a vital role in a patient’s surgical experience. They are charged with ensuring medical readiness for surgery, providing medical management and anesthetic care, and evaluating a patient’s readiness for discharge/or transfer to a medical floor or intensive care unit.

During the COVID-19 health crisis, CAP understands the challenges endured by our members are like no other in our lifetimes. Last month, we announced the return of $4.7 million to CAP members of record on April 15 who have made full or installment payments on the assessment levied on November 14, 2019.

The Court of Appeal has told a health plan, in effect, “not so fast” after the plan refused to consider a surgeon’s attempt to correct an initial coding error after an alleged emergency surgery.

As communities and nations work together to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, it is incumbent upon medical professionals to stay abreast of ever-changing information. To this end, CAP has created an online information center to help.

The $222 billion state budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 submitted by Gov. Gavin Newsom in January shows a continuing priority on the expansion and accessibility of healthcare. Overall, the 2020 budget proposal mirrors themes and items from the 2019 budget, with signs of the Governor expanding previous priorities.