Courage to Lead: 2010-11 AANA President Paul Santoro, CRNA, MS

It has been more than a decade since Paul Santoro, CRNA, MS, served as the president of the AANA, but his impact on the organization can still be seen today. In this installment of our Courage to Lead series, we were finally able to catch up with Paul to talk about a busy year at the AANA, which included the new Affordable Care Act, time spent on the elimination of physician supervision under Part A of Medicare, the 50 state service strategy, and much more.   Here are some of the things we’ll discuss in this episode: The time spent on the elimination of physician supervision under Part A of Medicare. His decision to take on a restructuring of the finance department. The idea behind the 50 state service strategy. What he thought the Affordable Care Act would mean on anesthesia and what he thinks looking back now. The Commission on Anesthesia, Economics and Reimbursement Why they worked to improve the health of leadership but also increase the compensation for those that served the AANA. What value did having a CRNA in the D.C. office bring to the organization?   About our guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-santoro-55922531/ Visit us online: http://beyondthemaskpodcast.com  Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.