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
The Anesthesia Workforce Shift: 3,000 CRNA Grads, Failing AA Bills, Lost Contracts
Joe Rodriguez sits down with Randy Moore and Tracy Young, to work through the week's hardest stories. Let the spicy takes flow!
Reimbursement: UnitedHealthcare stops paying for physical status. Oklahoma and Louisiana fight back with legislation. Tracy makes the case that anesthesia has been commoditized, and that hospital subsidies taught payers they never have to pay full price.
Private equity: California and Oregon pass laws to curb PE in medicine. Tracy argues we legi…
Goliaths at War: The Fight Over Anesthesia
Here’s What Nobody Talks About
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About the Hosts
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.
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.