Anesthesia

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.

The FDA recalled SpaceLabs Healthcare's Arkon anesthesia delivery system for going into a "failed state."

Anesthesiologist and professor Kevin Malott, MD, 49, died July 26, following a brief illness.

Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Pain Management merged its three practices into a single Topeka-based space, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports.

Jay Joshi, MD, is suing a physician by the same name who pled guilty July 3 to overprescribing painkillers to patients.

Anesthesia staffing and management company Sunbelt Anesthesia Services implemented Plexus Technology Group's anesthesia EMR software in multiple Jacksonville, Fla.-area ASCs.