General Versus Nongeneral Anesthesia for Spinal Surgery: A Comparative National Analysis of Reimbursement Trends Over 10 Years.
Abdul Karim GhaithOluwaseun O AkinduroVictor Gabriel El-HajjGaetano De BiaseMarc GhanemRami RajjoubUmme Habiba FaisalHassan SaadMostafa AbdulrahimAntonio Bon NievesSelby G ChenStephen M PirrisMohamad BydonKingsley Abode-IyamahPublished in: Neurosurgery (2023)
Non-GA lumbar decompressions and stabilizations are associated with higher and increasing reimbursement trends (wRVUs/h) compared with those under GA. Reimbursement for cervical and thoracic surgeries was equal regardless of the type of anesthesia and being relatively stable during the study period. The adoption of a non-GA technique relative to the GA increased significantly during the study period.