Anesthesia

Anesthesia providers play a unique role in healthcare delivery, as their practice intersects with other specialties across the care spectrum, from high pressure operations to more routine surgical procedures.  Their positionality and leadership in the operating room can provide them…

Medicine did not decide to abandon community. It simply redesigned itself in ways that made community harder to sustain. Neal Cohen, MD, a professor emeritus of anesthesia and perioperative care and medicine at the University of California San Francisco, has…

Intensifying payer oversight of anesthesia reimbursement is spurring hospitals and anesthesia groups to examine closely which procedures receive anesthesia support. “Payer pressure is forcing much tighter scrutiny of which cases get anesthesia support,” Megan Friedman, DO, chair and medical director…

Anesthesia workforce challenges are often framed as a simple staffing shortage, but leaders across the field say that narrative often misses the mark. From inefficient care models and misaligned incentives to burnout and growing clinical complexity, the real issue is…

Here are five anesthesia leaders who stepped into leadership roles in January:  Note: This list is not exhaustive. 4. Hackensack, N.J.-based Olena Medical named Mrinal Agrawal, MD, an anesthesiologist and pain management physician, as chief medical officer.

The anesthesia workforce shortage is nothing new in healthcare — especially not for ASC leaders, who have cited the ongoing crisis as one of their top concerns in the year ahead. There are, however, new data, technology, clinical and policy…

The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Chicago, the most populated city in the Midwest, earns $896,900 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool.  Anesthesiologists earn an average of $432,490 annually across the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Here…

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is calling on Congress to hold health insurers accountable for policies that raise costs and limit access to surgical care, according to a statement submitted during two Jan. 22 hearings. The House Ways and Means…

U.S. Anesthesia Partners and GE HealthCare have teamed up to develop new digital anesthesia tools and technologies. The two organizations will collaborate to define, conceptualize and develop prototypes for technologies that aim to improve patient experiences and outcomes, while increasing…

Anesthesia and pain medicine have seen a number of advancements over the last several years, from advancements in cryoanalgesia to the widespread use of AI-assisted workflows and opioid-sparing techniques.  Mark Votjko, CRNA, with Delta Wave Anesthesia, recently joined Becker’s to…