Controversial CRNA Study Discussed in Healthcare Blog of The Hill

Healthwatch, the healthcare blog of The Hill, is the latest publication to report on a controversial study by Research Triangle Institute International, funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and published in Health Affairs, claiming certified registered nurse anesthetists who provide anesthesia services without supervision from a physician do not put patients at increased risk.

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The researchers and authors of the report on the study pushed for Medicare to repeal rules requiring physician supervision of CRNAs.

The report by Healthwatch provides commentary on the study from Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, who challenges the study’s conclusions and describes it as “purchased junk science.”

Read the Healthwatch report on the CRNA study.

Read more comments about the study from Dr. Alexander Hannenberg.

Read about coverage of the study by the Wall Street Journal‘s healthcare blog.

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