Anesthesia

U.S. Anesthesia Partners appointed Mike Friguletto to its newly created role of president.

The American Board of Anesthesiology is doing away with its 10-year test anesthesiologists take maintain their board certification, according to a report by The Washington Post.

Zotec Partners announced an affiliation with Patrick Everett, CPA, of ProSTAT Anesthesia Advisors, an anesthesiology-only consulting firm.

Eric Ursprung, MD, joined UMass Memorial Medical Group in Worcester, Mass., according to a Telegram report.

Santa Ana, Calif.-based Allied Anesthesia entered into a continuing partnership with St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif.

CMS proposed a new bundled payment program for joint replacement surgeries on July 9 and most hospitals will be required to participate. As important members of joint replacement surgery teams, anesthesiologists are affected by this proposed program as well, according…

Peter Goldstein, MD, was appointed to the Association of University Anesthesiologists' Scientific Advisory Board.

The U.S. general anesthesia drugs market is poised for rapid growth, according to a MarketsandMarkets report.

Nikolaos J. Skubas, MD, was appointed chair of the Fellowship of the American Society of Echocardiography's advisory committee.

Rivanna Medical has begun manufacturing its FDA-cleared Accuro device.