Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare has named four new physician leaders in anesthesiology, gastroenterology, cardiothoracic surgery and women’s health. Here are the new appointments, according to a July 29 news release from AtlantiCare:
Anesthesia
When an ASC administrator looks at the average certified registered nurse anesthetist salary, it is often only part of the picture. The fully loaded cost of employing a CRNA in an ASC is often substantially higher, and the gap between…
Andrew Costandi , MD, has been named anesthesiologist-in-chief and department chair of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In the role, Dr. Costandi will oversee multiple clinical divisions at the organization, including the divisions of clinical anesthesiology,…
ASC leaders have had to adapt to a variety of shifts in the anesthesia labor market as traditional group coverage models become more difficult to sustain and declining reimbursement rates continue to eat away at ASC margins. Four ASC leaders…
Rising labor costs, persistent workforce shortages and growing pressure on ASC margins are forcing leaders to rethink how they procure and manage anesthesia services. While traditional group coverage models become increasingly difficult to sustain, many organizations are shifting toward contractor…
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Nationally, pay for certified registered nurse anesthetists has climbed sharply over the last several years. CRNAs in Alaska earned the highest average annual salary in the country, as of the most recent data — $311,110 a year — while California…
The anesthesia workforce crisis isn’t just about headcount. Rising costs, payer dynamics that reward size over quality, overstuffed clinics and a growing debate over care delivery models are straining the system from multiple directions. Five leaders spoke with Becker’s to…
The anesthesiology training pipeline is under pressure from several fronts as the specialty faces a spike in demand for anesthesia services while the number of new anesthesiologists entering the field struggles to keep pace. Geographic gaps in where residencies exist,…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Board of Anesthesiology announced July 22 that perioperative medicine will become a new standalone clinical topic within the ABA’s Content Outline for Initial Certification in Anesthesiology. The update, developed at the request…
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology said July 21 that a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruling wrongly declined to force HHS to enforce a provider nondiscrimination provision that protects certified registered nurse anesthetists from reduced insurance…