Anesthesia

Anesthesiologists have one again topped the list of best-paying jobs in America, according to a Forbes report.

Cleveland Clinic appointed Daniel Napierkowski as president of Euclid (Ohio) Hospital.

Scott T. Howell, MD, has joined Asheville, N.C.-based AllCare Clinical Associates, according to a Blue Ridge Now report.

MEDNAX acquired Virtual Radiologic.

In a press release today, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) announced that its CEO, Dr. John F. Di Capua, was named by the New York Super Doctors as one of the top doctors of 2015.

Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City (Iowa) named John Beacom, MD, and Arthur Molnar, MD, co-directors of anesthesia, according to a Sioux City Journal report.

The FDA approved IONSYS (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system) by The Medicines Company.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology named Andrew Gettinger, MD, chief medical information officer, according to an ASA report.

The bipartisan Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to an ASA report.

TeamHealth acquired Professional Anesthesia Service in Akron, Ohio.