Anesthesia

Paul Yost, MD, has been named president of the California Society of Anesthesiologists.

According to the National Business Group on Health, in a survey of 46 large employers, 17 percent have a narrow network already in place. In addition, 44 percent were considering narrow network health plans for implementation between 2015 and 2017.…

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of El Paso announced that five of its anesthesiologists have begun providing services at El Paso-based Sierra Providence Health Network locations.

Michael Heine, MD, an anesthesiologist University of Louisville (Ky.) Physicians, traveled to Rwanda to teach anesthesiology care teams at two hospitals, according to a Ky Forward report.

Tufts Medical Center in Boston has gone live with Plexus Information Systems' Anesthesia Touch, an anesthesia information management system that automates the anesthesia documentation process.

Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine announced James Walker, DPN, has been selected as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

The Proposed Rule for the 2015 Medicare Fee Schedule includes numerous changes and updates affecting anesthesiologists and pain physicians, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.

FOAA Anesthesia Services, the mid-Atlantic division of North American Partners in Anesthesia, has contributed $150,000 to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Va.

Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions in Boca Raton, Fla., announced the acquisition of Perth Amboy (N.J.) Anesthesiology and St. Lucie Anesthesia Associates in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

The following are achievements, moves and news reports on anesthesiologists and anesthesiology societies collected from the past month of Becker's ASC Review coverage.