Anesthesia

Anesthesia groups can increase the value of preoperative services provided at hospitals and ASCs by employing four key strategies, according to Yvette Stanley, senior perioperative consultant at Enhance Healthcare Consulting.

Alice Seifarth, MD, is the newest pediatric anesthesiologist at WVU Medicine Children's in Morgantown, W.Va., according to a Dec. 2 announcement.

U.S. Anesthesia Partners reached an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Dec. 3 to allow the group's physicians to remain in network.

Sabrina Thalblum, RN, allegedly stole fentanyl from Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's outpatient surgery center from August 2018 to August 2019, The Gazette reported Dec. 3.

To combat the U.S. opioid crisis, anesthesiologists should lead efforts to provide opioid-free anesthesia, according to a Nov. 23 blog post from Anesthesia Business Consultants.

Pending uncertainty around Medicare reimbursement rates and the effects of the second COVID-19 wave have left the anesthesia community anxious, but hope remains, Anesthesia Business Consultants wrote in a Nov. 23 blog post.

A high-profile medical malpractice lawsuit against an anesthesiologist, Hackensack (N.J.) Anesthesiology Associates and the John Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack was settled for $5.5 million, TAP into Westfield reported on Nov. 11.

New Jersey-based anesthesia and pain management specialist Morris Antebi, MD, was charged for his alleged role in a $24.6 million fraudulent billing scheme, the Department of Justice announced Nov. 9.

Oklahoma City anesthesiologist Ervin Yen, MD, plans to run for governor of Oklahoma in 2022, according to local ABC outlet KOCO News 5.

As of March, California had more professionally active anesthesiologists than any other state and Washington, D.C., according to Kaiser Family Foundation data.