Anesthesia

A grand jury unsealed an indictment charging anesthesiologist Stephen Kyo-Sung Kim, MD, with murder for the death of his physician patient, NBC4 reports.

Aetna agreed to cover Abbott's neurostimulation pain therapy implant under a new national policy.

Emerging approaches to using nerve blocks for acute pain improve surgical outcomes, but they also create coding and billing challenges for anesthesia practices, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

ASCs' efforts to reduce postoperative pain and opioid dependence include using less long-acting anesthesia, administering non-opioid medications in the operating room and using postoperative pain blocks that gradually wear off, according to Maura Dent Cash, RN.

Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital's board of directors released a statement affirming the hospital's decision to drop Olean-based Southern Tier Anesthesiologists, the Olean Times Herald reports.

South University in Savannah, Ga., had its entire 2018 anesthesiologist assistant student class pass the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants exam.

MiraMed Global Services subsidiary MiraMed On Call is a focused health information management service offering medical records coding, oncology data management and trauma registry services.

The Olean (N.Y.) Common Council unanimously approved a measure asking Olean General Hospital and its parent, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, to revisit contract negotiations with Olean-based Southern Tier Anesthesiologists, the Olean Times Herald reports.

Two Gainesville-based University of Florida Health anesthesiologists suggested anesthesiologists may not be needed during routine colonoscopies.

Organizations and individuals have a responsibility to fight burnout among anesthesia providers and other physicians, which remains a serious issue, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.