Twenty-seven states have opted out of the federal requirement that a physician supervise CRNAs administering anesthesia, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology’s most recent fact sheet, updated in July 2026. Vermont and Ohio became the 26th and 27th…
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As anesthesia shortages and rising costs push ASCs to rethink how they staff operating rooms, many leaders are weighing a fundamental choice: bring anesthesia in-house or outsource it to a third-party group. Brian Cohen, MD, administrative chief of Miami Anesthesia…
The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Kansas City, Mo., earns $896,600 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $360,570 anesthesiologists make, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is what…
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare have partnered to expand the school’s Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesiology. The two organizations launched a new location for the program in St. Cloud, Minn., creating one of…
Hospitals and health systems are competing hard to fill anesthesia roles, and the recruiting data shows it. Anesthesiologists commanded the highest average sign-on bonus of any specialty AMN Healthcare’s Physician Solutions division recruited for in 2024-2025, according to the company’s…
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Tracy Young, CRNA, was recently appointed president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and is co-founder and chief operating officer of Essential Anesthesia Management. He recently joined Becker’s to discuss his priorities as AANA’s new president, including workforce access,…
Peoria, Ill.-based Methodist College is establishing a certified registered nurse anesthetist program to help address staffing shortages. The Gilmore Foundation is investing nearly $850,000 through Carle Health Center for Philanthropy to help the college launch the program in 2028, according…
Two-thirds of ASC leaders rank anesthesia coverage among their top three financial challenges in 2026, according to a new report from Medicus Healthcare Solutions, a locum tenens staffing firm. “The State of Anesthesia Care Delivery: Data, Trends, & Strategic Solutions”…
From sterilization issues to a national blood donation crisis and cyberattacks, here’s why five hospitals have had to delay or cancel surgical procedures in 2026: 1. Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston diverted some surgical cases after state regulators identified…
Hospital-based physician staffing — the industry that supplies much of the country’s contracted anesthesia, emergency medicine and hospitalist coverage — has seen a string of bankruptcy filings since 2019. Two of the five cases below involved stand-alone anesthesia groups; the…