Anesthesia

The use of postoperative pain blocks has increased over the past five years, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants' review of data from 17 clients.

Linda J. Mason, MD, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, told Becker's ASC Review how AI and virtual reality tools could affect the field of anesthesia.

Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor (Mich.) was granted a temporary restraining order from Trinity Health, preventing the health system from contacting any of the practice's clinicians for employment reasons.

Keeping patients satisfied in the ASC setting is crucial to achieving success.

North American Partners in Anesthesia will provide anesthesia services to Putnam, Conn.-based Day Kimball Hospital beginning this September.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia tapped Dan Gofman as senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions.

Denver-based Colorado Pain Care's Robert Moghim, MD, performed the state's first successful Freedom Peripheral Nerve Stimulator implant, according to Shawn McQuinn, CEO of Centennial, Colo.-based 5280 Spine.

CMS' Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020 won't change much for the average anesthesia practice, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth was nationally recognized for its sedation safety improvement efforts.

Anesthesiologists are the best-compensated professionals in 18 U.S. states, according to a GOBankingRates compilation.