Building Stronger Anesthesia Practices.
Practical strategies for the people leading, managing, and supporting anesthesia care.
Join your peers in Austin for anesthesia-specific education on the decisions shaping your practice—from hospital contracts and staffing to revenue performance, compliance, and emerging technology.
Austin, Texas | April 25-28 2027 | Hyatt Regency Austin
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Better Decisions Start With a Broader Perspective.
Every decision inside an anesthesia practice has a ripple effect. Coverage commitments influence staffing. Staffing affects costs. Payer policies shape reimbursement. Technology changes how work gets done.
Anesthesia NEXT brings these connected challenges into one practical conversation. Building on AIABPM’s foundation in billing, coding, compliance, and practice management, the conference explores what it takes to operate a financially sound, well-managed anesthesia organization.
Learn from experienced industry professionals, compare approaches with peers, and return with clearer priorities for your practice.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Physician & CRNA Leaders
Connect clinical leadership with the financial, staffing, and operational decisions that support sustainable anesthesia care.
Practice Owners, Executives & Administrators
Explore approaches to hospital relationships, coverage planning, compensation, growth, and organizational performance.
Revenue Cycle, Billing & Compliance Professionals
Strengthen reimbursement performance, evaluate billing results, and connect coding and compliance work to broader practice goals.
Hospital & Health System Leaders
Understand anesthesia coverage economics, resource utilization, and opportunities to improve collaboration with anesthesia teams.
Consultants, billing organization leaders, and professionals preparing for anesthesia leadership roles are also part of the conversation.
What You’ll Learn
The proposed 2027 program connects education to the decisions anesthesia organizations make every day.
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Understand the financial and operational factors behind sustainable anesthesia coverage. Explore how to evaluate support needs, communicate your practice’s value, and assess new locations or service commitments.
Topics include:
Hospital support, stipends, and contract negotiations.
Coverage costs, staffing requirements, and reimbursement.
Evaluating new locations, service lines, and expansion opportunities.
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Examine how staffing models, scheduling decisions, and compensation structures affect both practice performance and the people delivering care.
Topics include:
Workforce planning and the cost of scheduling inefficiencies.
Compensation models and provider incentives.
Recruitment, retention, and human resources.
Anesthesia’s role in perioperative efficiency.
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Look beyond headline collection numbers to understand how your revenue cycle is performing and where improvements are needed.
Topics include:
Preventing revenue leakage and improving workflows.
Evaluating billing company performance.
Choosing meaningful anesthesia RCM benchmarks.
Turning financial and operational data into action.
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Explore how changing payer policies and reimbursement approaches affect your practice’s financial performance and daily operations.
Topics include:
Managed care developments affecting anesthesia.
Payer-specific reimbursement challenges.
Using payer performance data to guide operational and contracting decisions.
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Connect documentation and coding quality with a broader approach to organizational oversight, risk identification, and improvement.
Topics include:
Building an effective anesthesia audit program.
Recognizing data patterns associated with payer scrutiny.
Translating audit findings into corrective action.
Extending oversight to AI-assisted workflows.
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Evaluate where technology can improve practice operations and what needs to be in place before implementation.
Topics include:
Validating AI-assisted coding and operational tools.
Establishing practical AI oversight and monitoring.
Managing EHR and practice management system transitions.
Protecting operational continuity during technology changes.
Conference Objectives
Leave With a Clearer Plan for What Comes Next.
The conference is designed to help you:
Evaluate practice economics by connecting reimbursement, staffing costs, payer mix, and coverage requirements.
Prepare for hospital discussions using financial and operational data that explains your practice’s value and support needs.
Assess workforce decisions across staffing, scheduling, compensation, recruitment, and retention.
Identify revenue improvement opportunities through meaningful benchmarks, payer analysis, and billing performance oversight.
Strengthen compliance processes by using audit findings to guide monitoring and corrective action.
Make informed technology decisions with practical approaches to AI validation, governance, and system transitions.
Bring the questions your organization is working through. Leave with useful ideas to discuss, evaluate, and apply with your team.
2027 Speakers
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Michelle Howell
Practice economics, staffing, managed care, AI, and human resources
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Andrew Worthington
Hospital support negotiations and practice expansion economics
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Josiah Irvin
Hospital support negotiations and practice expansion economics
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Lauren Wolfe
Compensation design and perioperative efficiency
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Continuing Education
Continuing education details, including eligible credentials and approved credit hours, will be posted here once confirmed.
Attending With a Group?
Bring colleagues from your practice, hospital, or academic program. Learning together gives your team a shared foundation for discussing improvements when you return.
Hotel & Location
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Build What’s NEXT for Your Practice.
Join the people working through the same operational, financial, and leadership challenges you face. Gain practical insight, strengthen your professional connections, and bring a fresh perspective back to your organization.
AIABPM Presents: Anesthesia NEXT
Austin, Texas | April 25-28, 2027