Anesthesiologist Ellis Richard “Rich” Clark, MD, won a $1.6 million whistleblower verdict against Northbank Surgical Center in Salem, Ore. The center fired him after he raised patient safety concerns, according to a Sept. 22 article in The Lund Report. The…
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Anesthesia is fighting policy battles on multiple fronts — against CMS over proposed pay cuts and against payers over billing rules. For ASCs, how these fights play out will shape what anesthesia coverage costs and who provides it. Here are…
Gastroenterology practices are struggling to secure anesthesia coverage for endoscopy, and a new American College of Gastroenterology task force report points to staffing, cost and training gaps behind the strain. The report comes from ACG’s Workforce of the Future Task…
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis has moved its first nurse anesthesia doctoral cohort into clinical training. According to a Sept. 23 news release, the 16 students marked the move from classroom to operating room with…
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network launched a new national recruitment and loan repayment program for certified registered nurse anesthetists. In the initiative, AHN will provide qualified students up to $110,000 in employer-sponsored student loan repayment, paid out over their first three…
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Washington, DC has opted out of the federal physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists , becoming the 28th US jurisdiction to do so. Mayor Muriel Bowser approved the opt-out under the Health Occupations Revision General Amendment Act of…
Anesthesia stipends have gone from rare to routine at ASCs, with 44% of centers now paying them, up from 28% a year ago, as a nationwide anesthesiologist and CRNA shortage collides with reimbursement that hasn’t kept pace. CMS anesthesia payments…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has submitted formal comments to CMS opposing key provisions of its proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule, including a 50% payment cut for services reported with Modifier 25. ASA’s Sept. 14 comment letter also…
Anesthesia coverage is turning into the most expensive line item on many ASCs’ books, and the real cost rarely shows up in the contract’s headline number. The share of ASCs paying anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44%…
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London researchers found GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs are linked to an 11-fold higher rate of regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration during anesthesia, according to a nationwide UK cohort study presented at…