Association of American Physicians and Surgeons President Marilyn Singleton, MD, provided advice for Congress to help lower healthcare costs in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons' winter issue.
Anesthesia
Irving, Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia named Adam Spiegel the company's new CEO and appointed Sean Richardson COO.
Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired Bethesda, Md.-based Aisthesis Partners in Anesthesia Care, expanding NAPA's ASC presence in Washington, D.C. and Delaware.
A former Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Medical Center nurse was indicted Dec. 4 for allegedly stealing drugs while working, ABC22 NOW reports.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists praised the Trump administration for an HHS report reinforcing the importance of scope of practice laws and regulations.
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Thoracic surgeon Robert Cameron, MD, was temporarily reinstated at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System after he was allegedly pressured into retirement for reporting anesthesiologists' life-threatening mistakes, Stars and Stripes reports.
Exeter (N.H.) Hospital's 14 physicians and its certified registered nurse anesthetist team joined Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia.
The MiraMed Family of Companies provided statistics on homelessness in the U.S., encouraging donations to its newly launched charitable campaign.
Certain relationships between ASC and anesthesia service providers create compliance issues related to anti-kickback laws, according to healthcare law firm Nelson Hardiman.
As the federal government pushes for increased price transparency, anesthesia practices should prepare to see volume changes at their facilities, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.