Anesthesia

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has submitted formal comments to CMS opposing key provisions of its proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule, including a 50% payment cut for services reported with Modifier 25. ASA’s Sept. 14 comment letter also…

Anesthesia coverage is turning into the most expensive line item on many ASCs’ books, and the real cost rarely shows up in the contract’s headline number. The share of ASCs paying anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44%…

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London researchers found GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs are linked to an 11-fold higher rate of regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration during anesthesia, according to a nationwide UK cohort study presented at…

Expanding the anesthesiologist assistant pipeline would add more providers to the anesthesia workforce, but whether it would add access is a different question. The current shortage isn’t just a pipeline problem. It’s a mismatch between where providers are trained, what…

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing named Martina Steed, PhD, CRNA, director of its Nurse Anesthesia Program. Dr. Steed, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, had served as interim director since January, according…

Mike Katz, MD, a pediatric anesthesiologist and former Democratic Delaware state lawmaker, won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Delaware on Sept. 15, 2026, setting up a November challenge to three-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Chris Coons, NPR affiliate WHYY…

ASCs are rethinking who staffs their operating rooms and how much it costs them to do it as the anesthesia workforce continues to face pressures on both the supply and demand side of the equation.  As certified registered nurse anesthetists…

The American Society of Anesthesiologists partnered with HaloMD, a healthcare technology company specializing in IDR processes, joining its Innovator Supporter Program.  Members of the ASA Innovator Supporter Program engage with ASA members and physician leaders to collaborate on initiatives supporting…

From new programs to enrollment expansions, hospitals and universities are racing to build a CRNA pipeline that the healthcare system increasingly depends on.   1. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare partnered to expand the school’s Doctor…

Andrew Wickline, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Genesee Orthopedics in New Hartford, N.Y., and Apex Surgical Center in Westmoreland, N.Y., is leading a national push to remove opioids from recovery after hip and knee replacements, The Rome Sentinel reported Sept.…