About the Rest
About the Rest
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
About the Rest

I'm Joe Rodriguez, CRNA. After years co-hosting Anesthesia Deconstructed, I kept running into the same wall: stay clinically excellent, keep your head down, and the rest will take care of itself.

If you're reading this, you already know. IT DOES NOT.

About the Rest is the show I was done waiting on. Inside baseball for the people who run things. I sit down with anesthesia business leaders to take real positions and hash out the hard questions, on the record. Policy shifts, lawsuits, the 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.

Recent Episodes

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Sept. 15, 2026

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

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 say
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Aug. 31, 2026

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

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 Krewe
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Aug. 18, 2026

UnitedHealthcare $5.5B Profit, Another State Opts Out, and Why MIPS Is Dead

UnitedHealthcare posted $5.5 billion in profit this quarter. Another state just opted out of physician supervision requirements. And CMS quietly gutted what's left of anesthesia's quality reporting program. Joseph A. Rodriguez, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Guide Anesthesia, is joined by Randy Moore, Chief Anesthetist Officer and Executive Vice President for Strategy, and Gary Keeling, VP Business Development at Coronis Revenue Cycle Management, for a wide-ranging read on where anest

About the Hosts

Joe Rodriguez, DNAP, CRNA Profile Photo
Joe Rodriguez, DNAP, CRNA

Host | Chief Growth Officer, Guide Anesthesia

Joseph A. Rodriguez is one of the most recognized CRNAs in the country and newly elected Treasurer of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology. As Chief Growth Officer at Guide Anesthesia, he has spent years at the intersection of clinical practice, contract strategy, and business development across every anesthesia model.
A former co-host of the award-winning Anesthesia Deconstructed, Joe built a following for commentary that is humorous, candid, and unapologetically value-minded. With About the Rest, he goes further: the money, the politics, the deal structures, and the leadership truths that training never covers and most people won't say in public.

Randall Moore, DNP, MBA, CRNA Profile Photo
Randall Moore, DNP, MBA, CRNA

Regular Contributor

Randall Moore is a seasoned anesthesia executive and clinician who has spent his career moving between the OR, the boardroom, and the professional association world. As Chief Anesthetist Officer and EVP of Clinical Strategy at NorthStar Anesthesia and the former CEO of the AANA, he brings a rare mix of frontline CRNA experience, association leadership, military service, and business-minded perspective to the specialty.

Known for a practical, strategic voice on anesthesia workforce, clinical quality, and the economics of the specialty, Moore has built credibility by operating at scale and leading through change. His background across clinical practice, executive leadership, and advocacy makes him the kind of CRNA who speaks fluently about both care delivery and the business realities shaping the profession.