Anesthesia

Springfield, Ill.-based HSHS Medical group will work together with Sangamon Associated Anesthesiologists in Springfield to strengthen surgical services at St. John's Hospital in Springfield and its surgical center that will open in 2014, according to a report by The State…

Plexus Information Systems announced that New England Baptist Outpatient Care Center in Dedham went live with Anesthesia Touch in its eight operating rooms.

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., has received a $3 million grant to expand a program that provides training for anesthesia providers in Kenya, according to a report by The Kansas City Star.

Nashville, Tenn.-based PhyMed Healthcare Group announced it has entered into a contract to provide anesthesia and pain management services to TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.

Kit Check, a provider of hospital pharmacy kit automation, announced the launch of Anesthesia Check, a cloud-based software tool to manage and track medications in the operating room.

CMS has released the final regulations containing the changes to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2014, which includes a 20.1 percent reduction in the national average anesthesia conversion factor, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia has announced its partnership with Memorial Hospital in York, Pa.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital has added Tiffany Denepitiya-Balicki, MD, an anesthesiologist, to its medical staff, according to a Stamford Plus report.

Anesthesiologists are still more likely to accept all payers than follow the increasing trend of dropping poorly reimbursing payers, according to the Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report: 2013.

Plexus Information Systems, an anesthesia information management system provider, announced that its Anesthesia Touch V4 has been certified as a complete electronic health record system under the Drummond Group's Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body program.