Anesthesia

Anesthesia stipends — once rare in the ASC industry — have become a common practice for many ASCs as labor costs climb, federal reimbursement lags and the gap between what anesthesia services cost and what payers reimburse ever widens.  The…

Akron (Ohio) Children’s Hospital reduced waste anesthesia gas emissions by nearly 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2025 through a multi-year effort to improve sustainability in its anesthesiology department. The initiative began by leveraging data from the hospital’s…

Anesthesia leaders told Becker’s the specialty is approaching a period of structural instability as financial pressure, workforce shortages and operational strain converge across hospitals and ASCs.  Declining reimbursement, aggressive payer tactics and rigid employment models are colliding with rising surgical…

As labor costs climb and federal reimbursement lags, anesthesia coverage has become one of the fastest-growing financial pressures on ASCs.  ASC leaders told Becker’s the gap between what anesthesia services cost and what payers reimburse has widened significantly. Many ASCs…

David Mahjoubi, MD, a Los Angeles-based anesthesiologist, has launched NutraBrain Clinic, a telehealth platform offering physician-supervised at-home ketamine therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD and chronic pain. The platform serves multiple states and includes virtual consultations, medical screening…

Team-based approaches to perioperative opioid management may go a long way towards cutting down on opioid use for surgical patients, a study published in January in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons found.  The study followed the implementation…

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and New Castle, Del.-based Wilmington University have launched the state’s first certified registered nurse anesthetist program. The full-time, 36-month program, which was announced in October 2024, enrolled its first cohort in January. It prepares registered nurses to…

A Kansas anesthesiologist was sentenced to three years in prison for a telemarketing scheme that billed Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces, according to a March 6 news release from the Justice Department.  The move comes after CMS implemented a…

Lawmakers in Michigan recently heard testimony on a bill that would establish licensure for anesthesiologist assistants in the state.  According to a March 5 news release by the Michigan State Medical Society, the bill was introduced by Representative David Prestin,…

Health systems, hospitals and ASCs across the U.S. are recruiting anesthesiologists across a range of specialties, including cardiac, pediatric and critical care. Here are 10 organizations hiring anesthesiologists: Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Job listings were compiled from…