Anesthesia

The pain round is the final part of the postoperative pain process, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

After expanding into Seattle and Everett, Wash., Enumclaw, Wash.-based Paceline Anesthesia is seeking three certified registered nurse anesthetists to join its team.

Pacira BioSciences is collaborating with Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Physician Services to train anesthesiologists on techniques related to ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.

The latest issue of Anesthesia Business Consultants' free publication features a range of articles pertaining specifically to the management of anesthesia and pain management practices.

Anesthesia Business Consultants is exhibiting at the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Practice Management 2020, a conference taking place Jan. 17-19 in Las Vegas.

A Pennsylvania anesthesiologist was sentenced to prison for filing numerous fraudulent income tax returns from 2010-18, the Department of Justice announced Jan. 16.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is giving member practices access to a new clinical workforce scheduling application through its ASA Alliance Program.

Future reimbursement of anesthesia for chronic pain blocks is "very uncertain," according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Claims filed against anesthesiologists have decreased from 6 percent per 100 full-time practitioners in 2006 to about 4 percent in 2018, according to a study by The Doctors Company.

Former anesthesiologist Jayam Krishna Iyer, MD, will pay more than $102,000 to settle allegations that she violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announced Jan. 7.