Anesthesia

The opioid epidemic is a true crisis that anesthesia groups are uniquely positioned to address and reverse, according to Tony Mira, Anesthesia Business Consultants president and CEO.

FirstHealth Back & Neck Pain has expanded its anesthesiology team, according to The Laurinburg Exchange. 

Trinity Health is suing Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor (Mich.) — its exclusive anesthesia provider — in Michigan federal court.

Anesthesia coders must carefully review medical records to determine appropriate billable elements, such as a patient's ASA physical status classification, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

ASCs should partner with anesthesia groups that are experienced working in outpatient ambulatory settings, according to Amin Azam, CEO of Sedaze Anesthesia Consultants in Concord, Calif.

Vancouver, Canada-based CRH Medical Corp. bought a 51 percent stake in Crystal River (Fla.) Anesthesia Associates through an accretive transaction.

ASC managers and administrators consider booking anesthesia services for a case to be the most challenging part of managing anesthesia services, according to Sedaze Anesthesia Consultants CEO Amin Azam.

Mary Dale Peterson, MD, president-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, spoke to Becker's ASC Review about challenges and changes in anesthesia, as well as ASA's strategy for addressing value-based care.

With 37 anesthesiologists and multiple other employees on staff, Bellingham (Wash.) Anesthesia Associates Administrator Kurt Litvin shared the best practices behind his center's recruiting program with Becker's ASC Review.

Little Company of Mary Hospital's anesthesia team will become part of Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia on Aug. 5, according to Long Island Business News.