ABOUT THE LOCAL CARE PROJECT
The Local Care Project is an independent educational campaign dedicated to impacting legislation that would allow CRNAs to provide anesthesia care for podiatrists.
REDUCED EXPENSE TO PATIENTS |
EXPANDED CARE IN RURAL AREAS |
HIGHER EFFICIENCY FOR FACILITIES |
INDIANA SENATE BILL 98 WILL...
- Allow Indiana CRNAs to administer anesthesia under the direction of a physician or podiatrist during certain surgical procedures.
- Provide patients who live in rural areas access to anesthesia or emergency care within the time that they need it.
- Decrease patient wait-time for anesthesia services by offering the ability to be helped by a CRNA.
- Provide a better value to patients, facilities and insurance companies.
- Improve facility staffing flexibility.
- Allow Indiana CRNAs to utilize their education and training to provide anesthesia without the immediate presence of a physician but still under the direction of.
- Decrease the state’s reimbursement for Medicaid fee-for-service delivery system for anesthesia services by 10%, saving the state money.
- Support nurse anesthesia care, which is 25% more cost effective than the next least costly anesthesia delivery system.
