The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced its opposition to CMS' decision to reduce the values for interlaminar epidural procedures.
Anesthesia
The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced that it has distributed a Request for Proposal, the initial step in a major initiative to develop a learning collaborative of healthcare organizations to improve surgical care through the Perioperative Surgical Home model.
Springfield-based Missouri State University's Board of Governors has approved the creation of a Doctor of Nursing Anesthesia Practice degree, according to a KSMU report.
Electronic health record systems are inherently vulnerable to certain types of reporting errors and, as the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General notes in a new report, can make it easier to commit fraud, according…
North American Partners in Anesthesia announced that Linda Shore-Lesserson, MD, will be a featured speaker at the New York State Society of Anesthesiologist's 67th Annual PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology in New York.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced that its President Jane C.K. Fitch, MD, went to Washington, D.C. to meet with Robert Jesse, MD, PhD, principal deputy under secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other VA…
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.
