Healthcare organizations struggle to identify drug diversion because perpetrators often know how to hide the evidence, according to Tom Knight, chairman of the Healthcare Diversion Network.
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Healthcare organizations need to go beyond education and awareness when it comes to combating drug diversion, according to Tom Knight, chairman of the Healthcare Diversion Network.
Anesthesiologist Christopher Davies, MD, and nurse anesthetist Neil Anderson, CRNA, practice at the Lakewalk Surgery Center in Duluth, Minn., where they strive to minimize the number of opioids their patients use, according to the Duluth News Tribune.
The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians named Charles Daknis, MD, president of its New Jersey chapter, TAPinto Holmdel & Colts Neck reports.
Anesthesia providers could be reimbursed less for acute pain services in 2020, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
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David Walega, MD, testified to the House Committee on Small Business about removing barriers to pain care, the burden of prior authorization, and challenges related to the opioid epidemic, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
If hospitals are unhappy with their contracted anesthesia services, they won't turn to hospital employment — they'll find a new group of anesthesia providers, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health West Hospital named Seven Hills Anesthesia its surgical sedation and related perioperative services provider.
Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists are key to ensuring a positive patient experience, which is linked to surgery center reimbursement, according to New Rochelle, N.Y.-based Somnia Anesthesia.
Phoenix-based Arizona Heart Anesthesia joined National Partners in Healthcare.