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"GSA is the pre-eminent source of continuing
  education and advocacy for anesthesiologists
  in Georgia."
     - Tim Beeson, MD - President  

Our Mission

It is the mission of the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists to
associate and affiliate into one organization all physicians and
others in Georgia who are engaged in the practice of,  or otherwise especially interested in, anesthesiology and its subspecialties; to encourage specialization in this field; to raise the standards of the specialty; to safeguard the professional interests of its members;
and in all ways to develop and further educate within the specialty
of anesthesiology for the general elevation of the standards of
medical practice and patient safety.

View the GSA-PAC Honor Roll Contributors

November 1, 2010 - October 31, 2011

Winter 2012 scope Newsletter

• AQI Activiates Incident Reporting System (AIRS)
     - Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA
     Executive Director, Anesthesia Quality Institute

• Invest in Lifebox, save lives
     - Faye M. Evans, MD
     Pediatric Anesthesiologists, Emory University School
     of Medicine
     Member, ASA Global Humanitarian Outreach Committee 

GA Medical/Pharmacy Board Rules Impact Anesthesiologists 

• Proposed Rules for Unprofessional Conduct and
  Pain Management (GA Composite Medical Board)
  
• Guidelines for Office-Based Surgery
   and Anesthesia (GA Composite Medical Board)
• GSA President's Comments on "Pain" Rule
  
• Rules for Written Prescriptions on Security Paper
  (GA Board of Pharmacy)  
  

Practice Management  

• ASA Comments on 'Company Model' to OIG
• New CAC LCDs
  - Lumbar Facet-LCD
  - CPNB-LCD
  - ESI-LCD
  
• Financial Arrangements Between Anesthesiologists, Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Gastroenterologists

    - New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.  
       Sphere, Spring 2011, Volume 63 Number 1 

Service Opportunities  

• The Lifebox Challenge
  Saving lives through safer surgery
  
• Project Hands 
  Now accepting applications for the March 2012 surgical trip   

• Doctor of the Day Sign-up
  2012 Legislative Session 

Medico-Legal Briefs

• Iowa Judge Rejects CRNA-led Fluoroscopy
  

ABA News

• ABA Releases MOCA Tutorial 

• ABA Releases Part 2 Examination Video
  

MAG Third-Party Payer Program

•  MAG Payment Claims/Issues Resolution Form
  

Educational Mission

• GSA Member Educational Needs Survey

GSA 2012 Summer Meeting

July 20-22, 2012

The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation

On Lake Oconee - Greensboro, GA

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