ASA Applauds Introduction of Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act in U.S. House

The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced that the bipartisan Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, a move it applauds.

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By: Staff

The act was introduced by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (Kan.) and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.), and it aims at reforming Medicare’s rural incentive payment for all types of anesthesia providers and extending rural hospitals’ access to physician anesthesiologists.

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