Anesthesia

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.

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.