Anesthesia

The American Society of Anesthesiologists was named among the nation's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2018. 

Overland Park, Kan.-based Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City CEO Mark Meisel said an employee violated data security protocols by storing a backpack containing surgery schedules in plain sight, KCUR reports.

Nashville, Tenn.-based PhyMed Healthcare Group acquired Phoenix-based Grand Canyon Anesthesia, the Global Legal Chronicle reports.

Anesthesia practices with the right denial management techniques in place can improve their denial rate and increase revenue, according to Imagine Software.

A bag containing surgery schedules with patient information was reportedly stolen from an Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City (Kan.) employee's car Dec. 14, 2018, according to statement on the practice's website.

A former physician at Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel West accessed high doses of powerful pain medications by overriding warnings and pharmacist pre-approvals in dozens of cases, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

After disbanding in late 2018, Olean, N.Y.-based Southern Tier Anesthesiologists sold its property to new owners who plan to rent it out on Airbnb, the Olean Times Herald reports.

Anesthesiologist Erin Grund, MD, joined Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., the Duluth News Tribune reports.

Jackson, Mich.-based MiraMed Global Services raised more than $75,000 through its Circle of Warmth campaign in collaboration with the nonprofit organization The Empowerment Plan.

New York City-based NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital’s Associate Program Director of The Center for Quality and Patient Safety Lorraine Hutzler shared the details behind the hospital's opioid prescribing program and how it cut prescribing drastically.