Anesthesia

Anesthesia reimbursement has been eroding for years, but the pace of payer-driven policy changes has accelerated sharply since 2023.  “Continued decrease in reimbursement certainly puts a strain on anesthesia practices at a time when overhead continues to increase,” Jason Habeck,…

Many anesthesia and pain management programs are operating at or beyond capacity. The leaders running them say the biggest obstacles are structural, not clinical.  Practices and clinics packed beyond what support staff can handle, hospital departments and their clinical counterparts…

Eight states have no anesthesiology residency programs, and the states where residents are trained are not always where they end up practicing, a gap that is widening as rural ASCs and hospitals compete for a shrinking pipeline. States with no…

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has withdrawn two trademark applications incorporating the term “nurse anesthesiologist” following opposition proceedings brought by the American Society of Anesthesiologists before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. AANA filed motions to withdraw the…

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Premier Anesthesia has entered into a partnership with Columbus, Ga.-based Hughston Clinic to expand access to orthopedic surgical services.  Through the partnership, Premier Anesthesia will provide services at Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital in Phenix City, Ala., Hughston Surgical…

When Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus opened its Eye and Ear Institute surgery center over a decade ago, most of the anesthesia residency training still happened on the main campus. That model worked well enough, until a…

Private equity’s decade-long consolidation of anesthesiology has produced two documented outcomes: higher prices for payers and worse working conditions for physicians, according to a June 2026 white paper from AMGA Consulting. The market share shift has been significant. A 2020…

Many anesthesia departments and ASCs facing staffing shortages have turned toward cheaper labor as a solution. Jarrett Heard, MD, associate professor of clinical anesthesiology and medical director of perioperative services at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, thinks…

Four major surveys put anesthesiologist pay anywhere from $432,490 to $565,540, a gap of more than $100,000 for the same specialty. The difference isn’t a flaw in the data. It comes down to what each survey actually measures. Each anesthesiologist…

Call structure doesn’t always appear in anesthesiology compensation benchmarking reports, but for many anesthesia providers it’s becoming an increasingly important employment element, and the consequences are showing up in retention data and pay disputes. According to AMGA Consulting’s June 2026…