Anesthesia

All five acquisitions Vancouver, Canada-based CRH Medical Corp. made in 2018 were in its anesthesia segment, according to Money Making Articles.

Eric Grahling, MD, is founder and medical director of Plainville, Conn.-based Comprehensive Pain Management, and president of the Connecticut Pain Society.

Prince Frederick, Md.-based CalvertHealth Medical Center's anesthesia clinicians joined Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia, an anesthesia and perioperative management company.

Anesthesiologists offered insights into leadership training and anonymous reporting at the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Practice Management 2019, Jan. 18-20 in Las Vegas, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira. 

Colorado Springs, Colo.-based anesthesiologist Agnes Flaum, MD, faces criminal charges after allegedly obtaining opioids illegally, The Gazette reports.

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Here are three recent updates from anesthesia and pain groups:

Troy Nesbit, MD, of Rapid City, S.D.-based West River Anesthesia is the state's only anesthesiologist trained to perform the dorsal root ganglion procedure, according to local news station KEVN Black Hills FOX.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Clearway Pain Solutions Institute opened an office in Andalusia, Ala., the Andalusia Star-News reports.

Key performance indicators can help ASCs measure how their anesthesia provider's performance measures up, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems.