Advertised W-2 base pay for physician anesthesiologists jumped sharply in the first quarter of 2026, with peak offers reaching seven figures for the first time, according to a May 20 report from anesthesia career platform BagMask.com. The report, built from…
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The Louisiana State Legislature has passed a bill ensuring certified registered nurse anesthetists are reimbursed by insurers for anesthesia services they are licensed to provide, sending the measure to Gov. Jeff Landry for his signature. The legislation, SB275, comes in…
Sunrise, Fla.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia will begin providing anesthesia services at Scotts Hill Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., in June. The center provides surgical and outpatient care and will be supported by NAPA through advanced analytics, operational excellence…
A number of states saw significant increases in the advertised base pay for CRNAs between the end of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report from anesthesia career platform BagMask.com. New Hampshire and Louisiana both…
Washington state has the highest hourly mean wage for anesthesiologists in the U.S., while Minnesota leads when wages are adjusted for cost of living, according to May 2025 data released May 18 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are…
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ASCs are taking on more cases, expanding service lines and pushing into higher-acuity procedures, but many are hemorrhaging money on the one department that touches every single case on the schedule. The problem, according to anesthesia leaders, is operational. Centers…
Cecil Borel III, MD, a professor emeritus at Duke Anesthesiology and pioneer in neurocritical care, has died at age 75. At Duke, Dr. Borel established a neuroanesthesiology program and a neurosurgical ICU. When neuroanesthesia became an independent division in 1997,…
A New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine study published May 11 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found anesthesia may resemble both sleep and coma states in the brain, challenging the long-held belief that patients under anesthesia…
Michael Ralls, a CRNA at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Okla., was fired and charged with three counts of sexual battery after multiple employees and a high school intern accused him of inappropriate conduct, according to a…
The operating room minute is often referred to as the most expensive unit in healthcare, as the cost of anesthesia, disposables and other equipment and labor continue to eat away at ASCs’ margins. OR efficiency has since taken center stage…