Judith Jurin Semo Publications/Presentations

Upcoming Presentations

January 29-21, 2021

“Financial Implications for Small to Medium Groups in the COVID Era”

“Consolidation in Healthcare: Implications for Anesthesiologists”

“Herding Cats: Practical Governance for Anesthesiology Groups”

“Human Resources Toolkit: What You Need to Succeed”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Conference on Practice Management (now planned as a virtual meeting due to COVID-19)

Recent Publications

Articles

Judith Jurin Semo, Noncompetes: Protecting the Practice or Harming the Individual?, scheduled publication in The ASA Monitor (December 2020)

Judith Jurin Semo, Transitioning from Residency – Negotiating Your First Employment Agreement, The ASA Monitor (June 2020)

Judith Jurin Semo, “Stark” Reality: Stark, Anti-Kickback, & False Claims Laws & Anesthesia, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Bulletin (Winter 2020)

Judith Jurin Semo, Consolidation in Health Care: Implications for Anesthesiologists, Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Management Update (Fall 2019)

Book Chapter

Judith Jurin Semo, Obtaining ASC Contracts and Responding to RFPs, chapter in A Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers: An Evidence-Based Guide, Niraja Rajan, M.D. (ed.) (published in 2019 by Springer Science+Business Media) (available at https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030191702)

Past Presentations and Webinars

July 22, 2020

“Contracting During COVID”

Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists (Virtual Presentation)

February 2020

“The Prejudiced Patient: Patient Rights, Physician Advocacy“

Department of Surgery Ground Rounds presentation

University of South Carolina Medical School and Prisma Health, Greenville, South Carolina

January 2020

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls”

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, Las Vegas, Nevada

October 2019

“Contracting, Hospital Relationships, and Compliance: War Stories And Survival”

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

May 2019

“Navigating the Landmines of Consolidation in the Anesthesia Market”

“How to Use Benchmarking Data to Negotiate a Contract”

“HIPAA Update 2019: What You Need to Know”

Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Billing and Practice Management, Las Vegas, Nevada

January 2019

“Positioning Your Group for Success: Strategies to Get the Naysayers on Board”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls”

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, Las Vegas, Nevada

October 2018

“How to Use Benchmarking Data and Negotiate a Contract; Moving from Volume to Value-Based Care”

“The Prejudiced Patient: Patient Rights, Hospital Obligations”

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

October 2018

“Finances for Every Career Stage”

California Society of Anesthesiologists, Business of Anesthesia Conference, San Francisco, California

June 2018

“Legal Aspects of Health Care”

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Certificate of Business Administration Course, Schaumburg, Illinois

April 2018

“The Hospital and ASC Perspective: What Administrators Want from Their Anesthesia Groups”

“Hot Topic Potpourri: Legal Issues Affecting Anesthesia Groups and Billing Companies in 2018”

“Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Your Billing Operation”

Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management, Las Vegas, Nevada

March 2018

“Request for Proposal Process”

“Contracting in Today’s Changing Medical Climate: What to Look Out For?”

“Ask the Experts: Practice Management”(participation in an “Ask the Experts” session)

California Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, California

February 2018

“Negotiating Employment Agreements”

“Key Aspects in Negotiating Hospital Contracts”

Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana

January 2018

“Flying Under the Radar: Legal and Regulatory Hot Topics: “Declining Performance”

“What Do You Mean I Can’t Own a Marijuana Farm? Contractual Expectations of Professionalism”

“You Signed What?? Contracting Pitfalls in the New Era of Medicine”

“Who Might Be Looking at Your Claims – and Why”

“Compliance Plans”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, New Orleans, Louisiana

October 2017

“Negotiating from the Lawyer’s Perspective” (participation in a panel, “Women and the Power of Negotiation”)

“Informed Consent and Apology Laws” (participation in a panel, “Medical Malpractice Panel: Perspectives From Defendants, Expert Witnesses, Defense Attorneys, and Informed Consent Experts”)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

September 2017

“Proving Your Anesthesia Value Today”

Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting, Oak Brook, Illinois

June 2017

“Legal & Regulatory Hot Topics Affecting Anesthesiologists”

Florida Anesthesia Administrators’ Association Summer Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida

June 2017

“Legal Aspects of Health Care”

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Certificate of Business Administration Course, Schaumburg, Illinois

May 2017

“Policy & Regulatory Law: An Introduction for Anesthesiology Residents”

University of North Carolina School of Medicine Transition to Practice Seminar, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

April 2017

“Anesthesia for GI Procedures – Past, Present, & Future: Light at the End of the Tunnel?”

Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management, Las Vegas, Nevada

April 2017

“ASC & Office-Based Anesthesia: Legal & Regulatory Hot Topics Affecting Anesthesiologists”

Mid-Atlantic Societies of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, Washington, DC

March 2017

“CMS, Audits, and Regulatory Hot Topics”

Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors Perioperative Leadership Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona

“Legal Issues for OR Managers” (participation in the iCORMET (International Consortium for OR Education, Management and Training) panel)

Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors Perioperative Leadership Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona

January 2017

“Who Might Be Looking at Your Claims – and Why”

“Compliance Plans”

“Documentation and Electronic Health Records”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, Dallas, Texas

October 2016

“Is Cognitive Testing for Late Career Anesthesiologists Legal” (participation in a Point-Counterpoint session, “Should Cognitive Testing be Mandatory for Late Career Anesthesiologists?”)

“Informed Consent and Apology Laws” (participation in a panel, “Medical Malpractice Panel: Perspectives From Defendants, Expert Witnesses, Defense Attorneys, and Informed Consent Experts”)

“Employment Contracts and Pearls” (presentation to the Resident Component)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

September 2016

“Employed, Company Model, and Private Physician Models and the Future“

Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio

June 2016

“Hospital Relationships & Contracting: Lessons Learned & Positioning Your Practice for Success”

Florida Anesthesia Administrators’ Association Summer Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida

June 2016

“Legal Aspects of Health Care”

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Certificate of Business Administration Course, Schaumburg, Illinois

May 2016

“Anesthesia Practice Relationships . . . What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!”

Mid-Atlantic Societies of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, Washington, DC

May 2016

“Performance Metrics: What You Don’t Measure Can Hurt You”

Medical Group Management Association, Anesthesia Administration Assembly Annual Conference, National Harbor, Maryland

May 2016

“Making Smart Choices in a Changing & Consolidating Market”

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

February 2016

“Contracting, Hospital Relationships, and Compliance: War Stories and Survival Tactics”

Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists Statewide Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi

January 2016

“Become Employed or Else: How to Respond”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, San Diego, California

January 2016

“Responding to Regulatory Issues Relating to Perioperative Surgical Home Arrangements“

“Documentation: Contractual Protections to Consider”

“Basics of Antitrust – Do’s, Don’t’s, and Protections of Financial Integration/Clinical Integration”

The Queen’s Medical Center, The Perioperative Surgical Home: A Paradigm Shift to Optimize Patient Care, Honolulu, HI

December 2015

“Why Do Patients Sue Their Anesthesiologist?” (participation in a panel on “Medicolegal Issues: Lessons Learned”)

New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, New York, New York (December 2015).

November 2015

“Anesthesia Compliance Update”

Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland

October 2015

“Contracting, Hospital Relationships, and Compliance: War Stories and Survival Tactics” (participation in a panel, “Recurrent Errors in Anesthesiology Group Management: The Saga Continues”)

“Informed Consent and Apology Laws” (participation in a panel, “Medical Malpractice Panel: A Case Study from Injury to Trial”)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Diego, California

October 2015

“Regulatory Update”

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Mid-Year Meeting, San Diego, California

September 2015

“Legal Issues related to Technology Use in Anesthesia”

“The Aging Anesthesiologist”

Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting

August 2015

“What Your Hospital Administrator Wants”

“Staying Independent or Making Changes: Strategies to Increase Your Options”

Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Management Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana

June 2015

“Legal Aspects of Health Care”

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Certificate of Business Administration Course, Chicago, Illinois

May 2015

“ASC Peer Review: Fair, Necessary, Practical, and Legal”

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

May 2015

“Evaluating Competency”

“Substance Abuse”

“What Your Hospital Administrator Wants”

Medical Group Management Association, Anesthesia Administration Assembly Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois

April 2015

“Regulatory and Legislative Update”

“How Can I Protect Myself (Legally) in My Practice”

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona

February 2015

“Strategies for Success: Challenges in Delivering Quality Anesthesia Care in the Era of Health Care Reform”

University of Illinois Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Department Retreat, Chicago, Illinois

January 2015

“What’s Peer Review & What’s Not: Why It’s Important”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, Atlanta, Georgia

December 2014

“The ACA and the Second Curve of Health Care: How Do They Affect my Practice?”

New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, New York, New York

October 2014

“Physician Employment Issues”

American Society of Medical Association Counsel Fall Meeting, Lake Tahoe/Truckee, California

October 2014

“The Medicolegal Response: Protecting Yourself” (participation in a panel on “Responding to Human Errors: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”)

“Reviewing/Negotiating Employment Agreements”

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana

September 2014

“Hot Topics in ‘Compliance’ 2014: The OIG’s Focus on Anesthesia and More”

“Perioperative Surgical Home – What is it and is it Affordable in Private Practice?”

Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Management Meeting, Richmond, Virginia

September 2014

“Staying Independent: Challenges in the Changing Post-Health Care Reform Anesthesia Marketplace”

“Employment Agreements & Practice Management Tips for Residents”

Connecticut State Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut

June 2014

“Legal Aspects of Health Care”

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Certificate of Business Administration Course, Dallas, Texas

May 2014

“Anesthesia Practice Relationships: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You! (Anesthesia as a Revenue Center)”

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

April 2014

“No Risky Business: Partnerships and MSOs”

“The Aging Anesthesiologist”

Medical Group Management Association, Anesthesia Administration Assembly Annual Conference, San Francisco, California

April 2014

“Sedation Economics & Politics” (participation in a panel: “To Sleep per Chance to Die – Sedation Economics, Politics and Technology”)

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland

April 2014

“Hot Topics in “Compliance” 2014: The OIG’s Focus on Anesthesia & More”

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds Lecture, Lubbock, Texas

March 2014

“Hot Topics in “Compliance” 2014: The OIG’s Focus on Anesthesia & More”

Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds Lecture, New York, New York

February 2014

“Staying Independent: Challenges in the Changing Post-Health Care Reform Anesthesia Marketplace”

Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists February 2014 Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

January 2014

“Legal Issues related to Technology Use in Anesthesia” (participation in a panel on “Technology and Anesthesia Practice”)

“Negotiating Hospital Contracts”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“Employment Contracts & Pearls” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, Dallas, Texas

December 2013

“Practice Guidelines: Clinical Asset or Liability?” (participation in the Robertazzi Memorial Panel: “Debating the Issues of the Day” (with Paul Barash, M.D.))

“Why Do Patients Sue Their Anesthesiologist? Informed Consent” (participation in a panel on “Malpractice or Miscommunication?”)

New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, New York, New York

November 2013

“Reviewing and Negotiating Contracts”

New England Residents’ Practice Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts

November 2013

“‘Hot Topics in Compliance’ 2013: The OIG’s Focus on Anesthesia & More”

Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

October 2013

“Hospital Relationships and Contracting; Compliance” (participation in a panel, “Recurrent Errors in Anesthesiology Group Management”)

“Negotiating Employment Agreements” (presentation to the Resident Component)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

June 2013

“Legal Aspects of Health Care”

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Certificate of Business Administration Course, Houston, Texas

April 2013

“The Company Model: Analysis of the Office of the Inspector General Opinion”

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

April 2013

“The Aging Anesthesiologist: Balancing the Competing Interests and Protecting the Group”

“HIPAA on Steroids: HIPAA/HITECH Enforcement & Audits”

Medical Group Management Association, Anesthesia Administration Assembly Annual Conference, Miami, Florida

April 2013

“The Changing Anesthesia Market: What You Need to Know Before You Sell”

“How to Protect Yourself: ACO Participation and Bundled Payments”

“Risk Areas of Anesthesia Billing”

University of Chicago Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care and Medical Business Solutions, LLC, Anesthesia Billing and Management Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 2013).

March 2013

“Anesthesiology Billing Compliance & More” (Grand Rounds Lecture)

“‘Pearls’ in Negotiating Employment Agreements” (presentation to anesthesiology residents)

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

February 2013

“Strategies in Negotiating Service Agreements with Hospitals”

Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

January 2013

“Update on the Company Model”

“Contracts: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”

“Contracting with Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract”

“‘Pearls’ in Negotiating with Your Hospital or Group” (Resident Practice Management Track)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management, Las Vegas, Nevada

Contact Ms. Semo for list of earlier presentations.

Past Publications

Articles

Judith Jurin Semo, Reviewing & Negotiating Employment Agreements: An Overview for Anesthesiology Residents (& Anesthesiologists), Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists Update (Winter 2016)

Brian Parker, M.D.; Jay Epstein, M.D.; Judith Jurin Semo, J.D., Into “the Breach” – Or Staying Out of It…” (article on cyber liability), The ASA Monitor (January 2016)

Judith Jurin Semo, What’s Peer Review, What’s Not, and What Anesthesiologists Need to Know, ASA Newsletter, May 2015

Judith Jurin Semo, Decisions in a Time of Change: Making Sense of the Changing Practice Models, published in the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists scOpe Magazine, Spring 2014

Judith Jurin Semo, Legal Issues Related to Technology Use in Anesthesia, published in the ASA Newsletter, May 2014

Judith Jurin Semo, Anesthesia in the News, published in the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists scOpe Magazine, Fall 2013

Judith Jurin Semo, Anesthesia in the News, published in the Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists Update, Summer 2013

Jay Mesrobian, M.D. & Judith Jurin Semo, “But Isn’t the Company Model Illegal?”: An Update on the “Company Model”, published in the ASA Newsletter, June 2013

Judith Jurin Semo, Responding to Demands to Participate in a “Company” Model: The Lawyer’s Perspective, published in the ASA Newsletter, January 2012

Judith Jurin Semo, Employer Obligations Under Healthcare Reform, published in the ASA Newsletter, May 2011

Judith Jurin Semo, Learning from Problem Contracts with Hospitals, published in the ASA Newsletter, May 2009

Judith Jurin Semo, Protections in Employment Agreements with Hospitals, published in the ASA Newsletter, December 2007

Judith Jurin Semo, Propofol Sedation by Non-Anesthesiologists: A Medico-Legal Gamble?, published in the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Newsletter, January 2005

Contact Ms. Semo for list of earlier articles.

Book Chapters

Judith Jurin Semo, Legal Aspects of Ambulatory Anesthesia, chapter in Ambulatory Anesthesiology, an issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, Volume 32:2, Jeffrey Apfelbaum, M.D. (ed.) (published in June 2014 by Elsevier) (available at https://www.elsevier.com/books/ambulatory-anesthesia-an-issue-of-anesthesiology-clinics/apfelbaum/978-0-323-29916-9)

Monographs

Judith Jurin Semo, Reviewing & Negotiating Employment Agreements: A Guide for Anesthesiologists, (March 2015) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Judith Jurin Semo, Reviewing & Negotiating Employment Agreements, January 2010 update to Chapter VII.B of Starting Out: A Practice Management Guide for Anesthesiology Residents (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Judith Jurin Semo, Ambulatory Surgical Centers: A Manual for Anesthesiologists, (August 2006) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Karin Bierstein, Judith Jurin Semo, The HIPAA Privacy Rule in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Practices (February 2003) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Judith Jurin Semo, Starting Out: A Practice Management Guide for Anesthesiology Residents (September 2001) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Judith Jurin Semo, Contracting Issues: A Primer for Anesthesiologists (February 1999) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Judith Jurin Semo, Scott T. Kragie, Compliance with Medicare and Other Payor Billing Requirements (September 1997) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Judith Jurin Semo, Managed Care Contracting: Considerations for Anesthesiologists (October 1996) (prepared for and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Allen Sorbo, Judith Jurin Semo, Managed Care Reimbursement Mechanisms: A Guide for Anesthesiologists (1994) (prepared under the auspices of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Committee on Economics and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Michael Scott, Judith Jurin Semo, Contracts for Anesthesiology Care — Handbook for Anesthesiologists (rev. 1994) (prepared under the auspices of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Committee on Economics and published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists).

Other Publications

David Hardman, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.S.A.; Todd W. Smyth, J.D.; Cody C. Rowan, M.D.; Francine J. D’Ercole, M.D.; and Judith Jurin Semo, Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA) and Standard of Care (Letter to Editor), Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management (Volume 43, No. 1, p. 107; Jan. 2018); Reply to Dr. Orebaugh (Reply to Response from Steven L. Orebaugh, M.D.) (Volume 43, No. 8, p. 894; November 2018).

Franklin Dexter, M.D., Ph.D.; Henry Rosenberg, M.D.; Richard H. Epstein, M.D., CPHIMS; Judith Jurin Semo, J.D.; and Ronald S. Litman, D.O., Implications of National Anesthesia Workload on the Staffing of a Call Center; The Malignant Hyperthermia Consultant Hotline, A&A Case Reports (Volume 5, Number 3, August 1, 2015).