Rising labor costs, persistent workforce shortages and growing pressure on ASC margins are forcing leaders to rethink how they procure and manage anesthesia services. While traditional group coverage models become increasingly difficult to sustain, many organizations are shifting toward contractor…
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Nationally, pay for certified registered nurse anesthetists has climbed sharply over the last several years. CRNAs in Alaska earned the highest average annual salary in the country, as of the most recent data — $311,110 a year — while California…
The anesthesia workforce crisis isn’t just about headcount. Rising costs, payer dynamics that reward size over quality, overstuffed clinics and a growing debate over care delivery models are straining the system from multiple directions. Five leaders spoke with Becker’s to…
The anesthesiology training pipeline is under pressure from several fronts as the specialty faces a spike in demand for anesthesia services while the number of new anesthesiologists entering the field struggles to keep pace. Geographic gaps in where residencies exist,…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Board of Anesthesiology announced July 22 that perioperative medicine will become a new standalone clinical topic within the ABA’s Content Outline for Initial Certification in Anesthesiology. The update, developed at the request…
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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology said July 21 that a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruling wrongly declined to force HHS to enforce a provider nondiscrimination provision that protects certified registered nurse anesthetists from reduced insurance…
The FDA has classified a recall of spinal anesthesia kits from B. Braun Medical as Class I, the agency’s most serious designation, according to a July 17 Citeline report. The recalled kits contain bupivacaine hydrochloride in dextrose injection, a prescription…
Across the country, states are rewriting the rules for certified registered nurse anesthetists, shifting away from physician supervision requirements and toward greater CRNA autonomy. Here are the five most recent states to update their laws. 1. Ohio became the 27th…
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 2372 into law, which includes a ban on health insurers from placing time limits on reimbursement for anesthesia coverage during surgery, according to a July 13 news release from the governor’s office. Here…
From student loan repayment support to federal legislation that could support the anesthesia workforce, here are five pieces of good news in the anesthesia space in the last several weeks: 1. A bill has been introduced in the House of…