Anesthesia

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences selected Jill M. Mhyre, MD, as the College of Medicine's anesthesia department chair.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health's decision to switch anesthesiology vendors could cause more than 150 of the previous anesthesia provider's employees to lose their jobs, The Charlotte Observer reports.

Middle, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Pain Management is in the midst of closing multiple locations throughout 12 states after its former CEO was indicted for Medicare fraud, the Tennessean reports.

Anesthesiologists occupy the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates list, with healthcare jobs occupying many other top spots. 

To explore whether there is an impending shortage of anesthesiologists, Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira reviewed new data and revealed the implications for anesthesia groups and practitioners.

Injectable opioid shortages are hitting hospitals in every department, including operating rooms, emergency departments, cancer clinics and outpatient surgery facilities, The Daily Universe reports. 

A Michigan anesthesiologist is charged with illegal distribution of prescription drugs and defrauding insurers, MLive reports.

Valerie McRae, MD, joined the American Health Council's board of physicians, Directors Talk reports.

A judge denied Charlotte, N.C.-based Southeast Anesthesia Consultants' request to prevent Charlotte-based Atrium Health from entering into a contract with a new anesthesia provider, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.

On June 12, Manalapan (N.J.) Surgery Center staff reported an unknown person stole narcotics from the center, according to Manalapan Patch.