As anesthesia workforce shortages persist nationwide, more hospitals and ASCs are paying stipends to secure anesthesia coverage. About 80% of hospitals now offer some form of anesthesia stipend, citing factors such as unfavorable payer mix, irregular OR schedules, low facility…
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The No Surprises Act’s arbitration process is once again embroiled in controversy as physician groups speak out on what they say are inflated IDR costs being reported out through recent research. A report published in Health Affairs Forefront on Aug.…
For ASCs, maximizing OR utilization increasingly depends on whether staffing can flex as quickly as surgical volume does. Two anesthesia leaders told Becker’s that rigid staffing models and last-minute schedule adjustments can quietly erode efficiency and margins. Question: What’s one…
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston has diverted some surgical cases after state regulators identified a problem with the hospital’s steam sterilization equipment, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported Aug. 26. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services identified the…
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has named Tracy Young, MSNA, CRNA, its 2026-27 president, effective immediately, the Rosemont, Ill.-based organization announced Aug. 25. Mr. Young co-founded Essential Anesthesia Management, where he serves as chief operating officer. The company provides…
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The University of Toledo (Ohio) earned full accreditation for its Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia Program. The program continues the nurse anesthesia education previously offered at Sylvania, Ohio-based Lourdes University, which closed at the end of the 2025-26…
Anesthesia stipends have moved from a rare accommodation to a routine budget item that some ASCs can no longer absorb. The forces behind the shift show up clearly in the data: a shrinking anesthesia workforce, falling reimbursement and provider pay…
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology launched Anesthesia Answers on Aug. 22, 2026, a patient education platform built by certified registered nurse anesthetists to help patients understand anesthesia care. The website, AnesthesiaAnswers.org, gives patients and families direct answers to common…
From new programs to enrollment expansions, universities are racing to build a CRNA pipeline that the healthcare system increasingly depends on. Here are three universities that are adding new anesthesia programs or expanding existing ones, as reported by Becker’s since…
For years, ASC staffing shortages were treated as a cost-line headache. Now, leaders increasingly describe workforce scarcity as something closer to a ceiling on what an ASC can safely do at all. “ASCs are particularly dealing with shortages in skilled…