Anesthesia

From a vetoed bill to a $7.2 million settlement, here are five anesthesia updates:

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have significantly eliminated requirements for physician collaboration with all advanced practice registered nurses, including certified nurse anesthetists, the American Society of Anesthesiologists said April 20. 

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology is among the organizations pushing state legislatures remove barriers on certified nurse anesthetists' scope of practice, saying the move would increase access to safe and affordable care. 

Medical group Envision Healthcare has added Charles McRae to its leadership team as service line executive for the anesthesia service line.

Anesthesiologist pay jumped nearly 8 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022," released April 15. 

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a provision that allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to provide anesthesia services in coordination with a physician, podiatrist or dentist, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology said in an April 18 news release. 

Four anesthesiologists recently made news, including a Tennessee physician who provided medical services to Ukrainian citizens and another physician who settled kickback allegations. 

Anesthesia groups are often called to provide services to an intensive care unit, Tony Mira, Anesthesia Business Consultants' president and CEO, wrote in a recent blog post. 

Anesthesia management services company Care Plus Management, its founders Paul Weir and John Morgan, MD, and 18 anesthesia entities that Care Plus owned and operated will pay $7.2 million to settle allegations of kickbacks and false claims, the Justice Department…