Anesthesia

Healthcare organizations must overcome the perception artificial intelligence is still developing so the technology can become a helpful support tool in the specialty, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Mercy Center for Pain Medicine is opening a satellite pain center at an outpatient facility Aug. 24.

EHR adoption has significantly improved prescribing practices in emergency departments and ASCs, HSTpathways Nurse and Clinical Applications Director Maura Dent Cash, BSN, told EHRIntelligence.com.

Anesthesia providers are required to issue an advance beneficiary notice when a service typically covered by insurance might not be covered in a certain circumstance, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Olean, N.Y.-based Southern Tier Anesthesiologists is losing its contract with Olean General Hospital, which the group served since 1994, the Olean Times Herald reports.

Pain physician Michael Cozzi, MD, 54, died August 15 after being pinned between a fence post and a tractor, The Journal Gazette reports.

The FDA cleared SPR Therapeutics' Sprint single-lead endura and dual-lead extensa peripheral nerve stimulation systems. 

Rock Springs, Wyo.-based Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County added Benjamin Jensen, DO, to its staff, Sweetwater Now reports.

Patients undergoing non-emergency surgeries — including births — may see out-of-pocket costs skyrocket due to a standoff between BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Nashville, Tenn.-based Anesthesia Medical Group, The Tennessean reports.

A panel of experts from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University created the nation's first operation-specific opioid prescribing guidelines, which were published Aug. 14 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.