Anesthesia

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians named Charles Daknis, MD, president of its New Jersey chapter, TAPinto Holmdel & Colts Neck reports.

Anesthesia providers could be reimbursed less for acute pain services in 2020, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

David Walega, MD, testified to the House Committee on Small Business about removing barriers to pain care, the burden of prior authorization, and challenges related to the opioid epidemic, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

If hospitals are unhappy with their contracted anesthesia services, they won't turn to hospital employment — they'll find a new group of anesthesia providers, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health West Hospital named Seven Hills Anesthesia its surgical sedation and related perioperative services provider.

Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists are key to ensuring a positive patient experience, which is linked to surgery center reimbursement, according to New Rochelle, N.Y.-based Somnia Anesthesia.

Phoenix-based Arizona Heart Anesthesia joined National Partners in Healthcare.

A Michigan nurse had her license suspended after she was found taking pain medicine syringes from a hospital she worked at and switching them with syringes from a surgery center she worked at.

Clearway Pain Solutions merged with KureSmart Pain Management, creating one of the country's largest practices devoted to integrated pain solutions.

Advanced Pain Management and Neurology Clinic in Valencia, Calif., will now offer percutaneous endoscopic laser discectomy consultations.