Anesthesia

Anesthesia leaders are steering through staffing shortages, payer pressure on reimbursement and rising case complexity in ASCs.  “The vast majority of anesthesia being provided is not generating the revenue to pay for the expenses,” Cory Koenig, DO, told Becker’s in…

Total cash compensation for general, cardiac and pediatric anesthesiologists has risen 14% to 16% since 2024, according to SullivanCotter’s 2026 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey, released Sept. 17. The survey covers 575 healthcare organizations, about 235,000 physicians and 240 specialties.…

For many hospitals, anesthesia has historically been viewed through a simple lens: maintain coverage, fill the schedule and keep the operating rooms running. That approach may have been sufficient in the past. It is no longer. Today’s healthcare leaders are…

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health has named Jesse Saliga, MD, chief of anesthesia at the future Baystate Mercy Hospital, according to a news release shared with Becker’s Oct. 28.  The appointment comes ahead of Mercy Medical Center’s planned transition to Baystate…

Sound Anesthesia, the anesthesia division of Sound Physicians, named Emil Engels, MD, as chief physician officer on Oct. 28, 2026. The new role pairs physician and CRNA leadership at the top of the organization. Dr. Engels will work alongside Noele…

Medicare pays the same fee schedule amount for an anesthesia case whether an anesthesiologist or a certified registered nurse anesthetist performs it alone. The two providers’ pay differs only when an anesthesiologist medically directs CRNAs across several rooms. Medicare pays…

Anesthesia coverage has become one of the costliest and least predictable pieces of running an ASC. Groups are responding by pitching tighter staffing models, while some centers are walking away from physician-led groups altogether. Here are four recent anesthesia developments…

Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Ill., has lost its level 2 trauma center designation after its contracted anesthesia group suspended services over a missed payment. The Illinois Department of Public Health revoked the designation because the hospital lacks anesthesia…

Surgery centers cannot conjure more anesthesia providers, and many cannot keep absorbing the subsidies that keep those providers in the building. A Florida anesthesia company is betting the next-best lever is already sitting in ASCs’ scheduling data. MAS Anesthesia Consultants…

Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Ill., is under review by the Illinois Department of Public Health to determine whether it can keep its level 2 trauma center designation after its contracted anesthesia group suspended services over a missed payment,…