Anesthesia Deconstructed: Science. Politics. Realities.
Hosted by Joe Rodriguez and Randy Moore and Gary Keeling · Joe Rodriguez
4.7from 402 ratings
- 123
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 402
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Anesthesia Deconstructed: Science. Politics. Realities.
I'm Joe Rodriguez, CRNA. After co-hosting the podcast Anesthesia Deconstructed for years, I kept running into the same problem. I was told that if I stayed clinically excellent and kept my head down, the rest would take care of itself. If you're reading this, you know all too well… IT DOES NOT. Unfortunately, time and time again, I discovered that the most impactful tools to leverage throughout my career in anesthesia (e.g. money, influence, deal negotiations, power) are never taught to us in school or in practice. I had to pick it all up at dinners, off the record, wherever the valuable conversations take place but go unheard. Honestly, my issue with every other podcast in our field is that clinical teaching and polite leadership talk are…are a little boring. I figure if it bores me, it bores you. So then, where can we learn how groups do or don't make money? How do hospital deals get structured? Why do subsidies keep climbing? What separates a holding company from private equity? What does it take to build leadership that holds up under pressure? The list goes on. Which brings us here. I present to you the show I've been wanting to see and got tired waiting around for. About the Rest is a twice-monthly inside baseball podcast for the people who run things. Join me as I sit down with fellow anesthesia business leaders Randy Moore and other key voices from the field to take real positions and hash out the big questions, warts and all. If it's in the public record, it's on the table: announcements, policy changes, lawsuits, the big RFP nobody will explain, the conference moment everyone clocked. If you want to learn how to get into the OR, this isn't it. About the Rest is about, well, the rest! Learn More: www.abouttherest.com About the Rest is a Human Content Production
- Publisher
- Joe Rodriguez
- Category
- business · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Sept 2019
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 123 episodes have a transcript.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Office Hours: Peak CRNA Locums? Is MD Supervision a Convenience? 1099 vs W2, Hospital Execs Who Shrug
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The CAA Certification Debacle, the Locums Bubble, and Why Anesthesia Groups Keep Losing Contracts. They Shouldn't.
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
USAP Paid Envision $9 Million to Stay Out of Dallas per FTC; Union Updates, Krewe Acquired
Inside a recent episode
Office Hours: Peak CRNA Locums? Is MD Supervision a Convenience? 1099 vs W2, Hospital Execs Who Shrug
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And let me add another little bit of nuance, okay? In the W-2 world, there's this concept of right to work, right? And there's also this concept of fire at will. So both of these things play into the W-2 world. Let me talk about the fire at will aspect. So those W-2 protections, even though they do exist in those states, when you can be fired at will, if the organization doesn't need that W-2 employee and they end that relationship, it doesn't have to be for any specific reason. And that's in place in many states, including in my home state of Arizona that's been that way for many years. So W-2 is not always as protective as you might think. […]
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- Dr Joseph Rodriguez
- Bill Bruce
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Joe Rodriguez and Randy Moore and Gary Keeling host the show. Published by Joe Rodriguez.
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