Emily Richardson, MD
San Diego—The transition to paying for value in health care is happening whether anesthesiologists like it or not, according to the Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI).
“The fact remains: We cannot continue to handle the cost of medical care as it is in this country,” said Emily Richardson, MD, chair of the Practice Quality Improvement Committee for AQI. “Once Medicare demonstrates decreasing costs and increasing quality, the private insurers will