About the Rest

Joseph A. Rodriguez

Booking Overview

An industry-focused interview show examining anesthesia business strategy, healthcare economics, reimbursement, staffing, contracting, consolidation, and policy, typically featuring senior anesthesia executives, association leaders, and healthcare operators. Credible pitches include anesthesia company executives, CRNA or anesthesiology association leaders, healthcare consultants, policy experts, and specialists in provider contracting or healthcare finance; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors established leaders with direct industry experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 70

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 570 subscribers

Instagram: 2.6k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Joseph A. Rodriguez - CRNA, co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Guide Anesthesia, and former co-host of Anesthesia Deconstructed.

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Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Senior executives in anesthesia groups or healthcare companies, leaders of professional associations, CRNAs or anesthesiologists with substantial operational or policy expertise, healthcare consultants, and experts in reimbursement, contracting, staffing, or consolidation.

Required Achievements:

Executive leadership of an anesthesia or healthcare organization, Leadership of a professional association, Founding or managing a healthcare consulting firm, Direct experience with anesthesia operations, reimbursement, contracting, or consolidation

Recent Guest Discussions

Tracy Young - CAA Certification Issues, Anesthesia Workforce Trends, Professional Regulation, Student-loan Policy, And The Future Of Nurse Anesthesia.

Randy Moore - Anesthesia Workforce Supply And Demand, Locums Markets, Contract Losses, Hospital Relationships, Anesthesia Economics, And Operational Strategy.

Gary Keeling - Anesthesia Compensation, Healthcare Economics, Revenue-cycle Considerations, Industry Consolidation, And Healthcare Costs.

Tracy Young - Anesthesia Compensation, Industry Consolidation, Debt-funded Acquisitions, Locums Businesses, And Healthcare Costs.

Gary Keeling - Healthcare Economics, Reimbursement, MIPS Reporting, Anesthesia Productivity, And Operational Effects Of Policy Changes.

Recent Topics

Healthcare, Healthcare Management, Anesthesia, Healthcare Finance, Private Equity

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

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Office Hours: Peak CRNA Locums? Is MD Supervision a Convenience? 1099 vs W2, Hospital Execs Who Shrug

September 29, 2026

CRNA locums pay has been on a steep curve, and curves correct. The internet says 1099 vs W2 CRNA conversion is 50%. Real conversions land at 20 to 25%. And some CRNAs are supervised all week, then trusted to run solo every weekend. Host Joe Rodriguez, CRNA and anesthesia group co-founder, answers your questions in the first About the Rest Office Hours. Locums and new grads. Joe breaks down the three curves that set locum rates (education, locums, and anesthesia group economics) and explains...

The CAA Certification Debacle, the Locums Bubble, and Why Anesthesia Groups Keep Losing Contracts. They Shouldn't.

September 15, 2026

20 exam windows invalidated. Roughly 150 graduates who thought they had a job in September now retaking a national certification exam. And a workforce gap between CRNAs and anesthesiologists that's up to 11,000 and accelerating. Joe Rodriguez sits down with Randy Moore and Tracy Young, three days into Tracy's term as president of his professional association. They don't agree on all of it. That's the point. The docket opens with the CAA certification crisis: what NCCAA found, why Tracy says...

USAP Paid Envision $9 Million to Stay Out of Dallas per FTC; Union Updates, Krewe Acquired

September 01, 2026

USAP allegedly paid a competitor $9 million to stay out of the Dallas market. A Texas teachers' pension system says it's paying twice the going rate for anesthesia because of it. Joe Rodriguez (Chief Growth Officer, Guide Anesthesia) is joined by Tracy Young (COO, Essential Anesthesia) and Gary Keeling (VP, Anesthesia Services at Coronis Health) to unpack the USAP consolidation fallout, why anesthesia pay works the way it does, and the debt mechanics behind CHG Healthcare's acquisition of Kre...

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