Anesthesia

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons will help the American Society of Anesthesiologists develop ASA's Perioperative Surgical Home Care Model.

Earlier this year, Caring Hearts, a home health agency, appealed a CMS order requiring it to refund an $800,000 overpayment. However, the Federal Court of Appeals ruled against CMS and an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog discusses what anesthesiologists can learn…

Sunrise, Fla.-based MEDNAX acquired White Plains, N.Y.-based Westchester Anesthesiologists, with Cross Keys Capital acting as Westchester Anesthesiologists' financial advisor in the sale.

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing honored anesthesiologist Robert Snyder, DO, with the Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service, according to a Midland Daily News report.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals welcomed Anesthesiologist Dawn P. Desiderio, MD.

Canada-based CRH Medical completed a transaction in which the company acquired 65% ownership of Brockton, Mass.-based Community Anesthesia.

With patient satisfaction and quality metrics driving big changes in how physicians get paid, anesthesiologists — perhaps more than any other specialty group — find themselves on shifting ground.

Insider Monkey published a list of the 11 top-paying states for anesthesiologists.

The benefits of using regional anesthesia are fairly well-known — nerve blocks provide excellent pain control with relatively little nausea for the patient, minimize the need for narcotics and allow surgeons to perform more complex cases on more complex patients.…

Single exposure to general anesthesia in children younger than 36 months did not affect IQ scores later in childhood, according to a JAMA study.