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Podcast: Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs
Episode: BREAKING NEWS: The AANA Files a Lawsuit to Prevent Discrimination Against CRNAs
Description: The Provider Non-Discrimination law from the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits commercial payers from discrimi-nating against providers based on their licensure, has been in effect for more than a decade now. In 2020, Congress re-quired the federal government to issue rules and enforcement policies that would prevent commercial payers from dis-criminating against providers. But enforcement isn’t happening, and deadlines keep getting missed. This has led to two big commercial payers to institute policies paying CRNAs 15% less than physician anesthesiologists for the exact same services, which has created a discriminatory environment.
On September 27, 2024, the AANA took action to pr...