Anesthesia

The American Society of Anesthesiologists joined the American Board of Medical Specialties Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program.

Gainesville, Fla.-based The Orthopaedic Institute selected Rich Gilbert, MD to serve as its new CEO. It also added William Hubbard and Michael Anderson to its leadership team.

U.S. Stem Cell, or USRM, opened the U.S. Stem Cell Clinic of The Villages in North Central Florida.

Federal officials are investigating a pain clinic in Wauwatosa, Wis., under suspicion of operating as a pill mill, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The federal government indicted four people in connection with a $7.8 million healthcare fraud conspiracy at Birmingham, Ala.-based Care Complete Medical Clinic.

Southeast Anesthesia Consultants, a Mednax practice, has been locked in a contract dispute with Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health for the past 18 months. The anesthesia group provided services to the health system for 37 years before the system decided to…

A Zion Market Research report estimates the global pain management device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.8 percent between 2016 and 2021.

The Michigan Board of Medical Examiners accused Louis Spagnoletti, MD, of "indiscriminately" prescribing opioids, the Courier Post reports.

Patients are recording medical visits both with consent and also covertly, and Medscape examined every aspect of the issue.

The following is a statement from the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia in response to recent news coverage on the safety of outpatient surgery.