Currently, greater than 80% of US hospitals provide a stipend to their anesthesia departments.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Surgical Direction's website.
These un-reimbursed financial supplements are required to maintain anesthesia services by ensuring optimal staffing and retention of anesthesia clinicians. With nearly all hospitals experiencing downward revenue trends, associated with ever increasing costs, reducing or eliminating the anesthesia stipend is becoming a priority for many C-suites. This blog offers several tips on addressing the stipend issue.
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