Anesthesia

Irving, Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia has acquired Epix Anesthesia, the company said Nov. 30. 

Here are four anesthesiology lawsuits Becker's has reported on this year:

Hospitals are facing a looming anesthesia provider shortage as a consequence of converging demographic, organizational, care delivery and compensation-related factors. How hospitals respond to this crisis is crucial to keeping operating rooms open and profitable.

The consolidation of corporate networks and the need for financial support to meet service requirements has changed the way anesthesia services are negotiated, Tony Mira, Anesthesia Business Consultants' president and CEO, said in a recent blog post. 

When surgical schedules run off course, anesthesia providers are often left to document the delays to secure reimbursements. 

Three anesthesia providers and several Georgia ASCs, along with their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they entered kickback agreements, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia said…

Healthcare research firm Black Book Market Research named North American Partners in Anesthesia its 2021 top-ranked anesthesia management services vendor, NAPA said in a Nov. 5 news release.

Here are the top 10 anesthesiology residency programs, from Doximity's 2021-2022 Residency Navigator:

Surprise billing legislation appears to coincide with decreased reimbursements to anesthesiologists, a recent analysis found. Here is more on that study and four other anesthesia industry updates to know: 

Reimbursements paid to anesthesiologists in hospital outpatient departments and ASCs decreased after state surprise billing legislation was passed, according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open.