N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.43 - Anesthesiology Services (ANS)

(a) The functions included in the Anesthesiology Services (ANS) cost center are as follows:

1. Anesthesiology Services are a hospital based service conducted under the direction of either a qualified physician trained in anesthesiology (that is, an anesthesiologist) or the operating surgeon.

2. Anesthesia gases and other anesthesia supplies and minor moveable equipment if not individually charged to the patient shall be reported in Anesthesiology. The cost of anesthesiologists' compensation and any other costs associated with anesthesiologists' practice (that is, employees of the physician, and supplies the physician purchases through their private practice, etc.), as well as the revenue generated by the anesthesiologist and anyone under the physician's employment, shall be reported to the extent that the anesthesiologists' compensation is provided through agreement with the hospital. Cost associated with nurse anesthetists employed by the hospital shall also be reported here.

3. Functions shall include the following: obtaining laboratory findings and patient's anesthetic history prior to administration of anesthetics; administering anesthetics; recording the kind and amount of anesthetic administered; observing patient's condition until all effects of anesthesia have passed; accompanying patient to recovery room or intensive care unit; administering treatment to patients having symptoms of post-anesthetic complication; prescribing pre and post-anesthesia medications; and carrying out safeguards for administration of anesthetics.

(b) Units of Services: Anesthesia Minutes.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.43

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.45 and amended by R.2000 d.29, effective 1/18/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3151(a), 32 New Jersey Register 276(a).
In (a), substituted "included in the Anesthesiology Services (ANS) cost center" for "of the Anesthesiology Services (ANS)" in the introductory paragraph. Former N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.43, Newborn Nursery Units (NBN), recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.41.