Anesthesia

CMS worked with several organizations, including The Joint Commission, to develop a new standard for humidity range in anesthetizing locations.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Abilene announced that the university's board of regents has approved the establishment of a doctor of nursing practice program with a specialization in nurse anesthesia at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center…

Eighty-eight percent of anesthesiologists believe that their job, which pays well, is meaningful, according to a Forbes report.

iMDsoft, a provider of Anesthesia Information Management Systems, announced that St. Louis Children's Hospital has implemented its product — MetaVision.

The American Society for Anesthesiologists endorses the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 — legislation that aims at reforming the current Medicare rural anesthesia incentive program to include physician anesthesiologists.

SmartTots announced that Lena Sun, MD, and Jeffrey William Sall, MD, are the recipients of its 2013/2014 round of pediatric anesthesia research grants.

FOAA Anesthesia Services in Fairfax, Va. announced that Justin L. Crain has been named its COO.

As of August 1st, certain manufacturers of drugs, medical devices and biologicals are tracking their payments to anesthesiologists and other physicians, as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, according to an emailed news release from Anesthesia Business Consultants.

MEDNAX has acquired Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Anesthesia Associates, a physician group practice, according to a News-Medical report.

    The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced that it is conducting a nationwide Congressional grassroots campaign in opposition to CMS' proposal to pay nurse anesthetists for chronic pain services.