Anesthesia

Here are the anesthesiologist moves and achievements that occurred in 2014.

Four endoscopy centers have adopted Plexus Information Systems' Anesthesia Touch, an anesthesia information management system, according to a BizTimes report.

Ryan C. Craner, MD, joined Mayo Clinic's Phoenix Campus, according to an Idaho State Journal report.

Anesthesia Safety Products received a De Novo Class II clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the new AirPurge System.

John J. Vondrell, MD, received the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists' 2014 Distinguished Service Award, according to a Brookfield Now report.

Byung Ho Lee, MD, joined Adventist Health Spine and Pain Center in Hanford, Calif.

Riverton, Wyo.-based SageWest Health Care appointed Jeffrey Faaberg, MD, to its medical staff.

TeamHealth appointed Oliver Rogers executive vice president and COO.

TeamHealth acquired the operations of Omaha-based Heartland Anesthesia Services.

CMS is establishing four new, more specific modifiers that will eventually replace modifier 59 (distinct procedural service) and the new modifiers will be effective on Jan. 1, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.