Anesthesia

CMS finalized changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that will expand payments to certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2020.

Robin Elwood, MD, was elected to serve on the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's board of directors.

Austin, Texas-based Spindletop Pain Management Holdings and San Antonio-based Tricity Pain Associates announced Nov. 5 that they acquired Advanced Consultants in Pain Care in San Antonio.

Talmadge Caviness, MD, joined Tri-State Interventional Pain Consultants in Clarkston, Wash.

CMS removed five anesthesia common procedure terminology codes from the inpatient-only list for 2020.

Julius Ngaile, MD, joined Trinity Health in Minot, N.D., according to Minot Daily News.

Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute added Adam C. Young, MD, to its team.

Since August, Becker's ASC Review has covered four partnerships and contracts involving anesthesia and pain management physicians.

The Centers for Orthopedics in Portland, Maine, has been using a new type of local anesthesia for nearly a year, according to local ABC affiliate WGME.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists installed local physician anesthesiologist Mary Dale Peterson, MD, as president on Oct. 23.