Anesthesia

Nashville, Tenn.-based PhyMed Healthcare Group, a physician-owned company comprised of anesthesia, pain management and critical care professionals, announced that Lebanon (Pa.) Anesthesia Associates has joined the PhyMed network of physician-owned anesthesia practices.

Kennewick, Wash.-based Trios Health announced the addition of Christopher Smith to Trios Surgery Center.  

Philip Hall, MD, an anesthesiologist in Lexington, Ky., has traveled to Nigeria, Sudan and Syria as a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, according to a report by The Lexington Herald-Leader.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth announced it has acquired Orlando, Fla.-based Wolverine Anesthesia Consultants.

The Relative Value Scale Update Committee — RUC — convened by the American Medical Association meets three times a year to develop recommendations for relative value units adjustments and to address the criticisms and challenges it has faced, the RUC…

Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira discusses 10 of the biggest challenges and opportunities for anesthesiologists over the next year.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced it has released a list of specific tests or procedures that are commonly ordered but not always necessary in anesthesiology, as part of ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely initiative.

Asheville, N.C.-based AllCare Clinical Associates announced the addition of Stephen R. Strelec, MD, to its medical staff.

Bill Cleary, MD, an anesthesiologist at St. Alexius Medical Center, has started the Citizens of the World Foundation, along with three others, according to a report by The Bismarck Tribune.

Richard Gilbert, MD, medical director of Charlotte, N.C.-based Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants has been selected to serve in the state's newly formed Medicaid Reform Advisory Group, according to a report by The Business Journal.