Anesthesia

Mark Gabot, DNP, CRNA, a faculty member at the Pasadena, Calif-based Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia and nursing instructor at California State University in Fullerton, was inducted as a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography. He is the first…

Beginning April 1, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said billing multiple anesthesia modifiers on the same date of service will no longer be appropriate, according to a notice poster on the insurance company’s website.  Under the update,…

As hospitals and ASCs continue to grapple with clinician burnout and staffing shortages, anesthesia leaders are rethinking long-standing compensation and scheduling models.  Megan Friedman, DO, chair and medical director at Los Angeles-based Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants, joined Becker’s to discuss…

The FDA has cleared Crown Point, Ind.-based OYE Therapeutics’ investigational new drug application for OYE-101, clearing the company to begin clinical development. OYE-101 is an intravenous caffeine formulation being developed to reverse the effects of, or accelerate emergence from, general…

Washington state lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would prohibit insurers from denying coverage or capping reimbursement based on the duration of anesthesia used during a procedure, according to a Jan. 29 Columbus Basin Herald report.  House Bill 1812, sponsored…

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.