Anesthesia

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System named anesthesiologist William McDade, MD, PhD, executive vice president and chief academic officer.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has published a proposed rule on the Federal Registrar that would allow all advanced practice registered nurses in the VA, including certified registered nurse anesthetists, to provide patient care to "the full extent of their…

Sheridan, AmSurg's physician services division, acquired Jandee Anesthesiology Partners and Karadan Anesthesiology and Pain Management, thereby expanding its anesthesiology services business.

Mark J. Lema, MD, professor and chair of the University at Buffalo's department of anesthesiology, received the Distinguished Service Professorship from the State University of New York.

MiraMed Global Services has elected Angela M. Hickman, CPC, as vice president RA-HCC Program Strategy and Business Development.

Bibb County Medical Society named Robert Lane, MD, president, according to The Telegraph report.

North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired Nashua (N.H.) Anesthesia Partners.

CMS’s MACRA will affect anesthesiologists in several ways, including the alternative payment model criteria, which are very stringent. Most anesthesiologists won’t be able to meet the requirements initially, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants report.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City named Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD, anesthesiologist-in-chief, effective July 1.

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