Apex Anesthesia Review launched its Apex Job Board, a hiring platform for nurse anesthetists. The platform connects certified registered nurse anesthetists and student registered nurse anesthetists with ASCs, hospitals, health systems, private practices and anesthesia groups, according to an Aug.…
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Momentum Health Partners has expanded its investment in Desert Pain Specialists, deepening a partnership first formed in 2023 to grow the Rancho Mirage, California-based interventional pain management practice, Real Estate Daily News reported Aug. 20. The Phoenix-based healthcare platform company…
University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson has enrolled 16 registered nurses in the inaugural class of its new certified registered nurse anesthetist program this semester, launching Mississippi’s second academic pathway into the specialty, Red Hills MS News reported Aug.…
Both state and federal lawmakers have passed five anesthesia-related bills in the last three months, a pace that signals anesthesia policy is no longer a slow-moving regulatory backwater. The common thread is that lawmakers are simultaneously expanding who can administer…
Anesthesia has become one of the most expensive line items on an ASC’s books. Stipend payments are now standard. The share of ASCs paying anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to VMG Health data.…
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Lawsuits, settlements, and billing disputes — anesthesia providers are at the center of several high-stakes policy fights. Here’s a look into 10 controversies shaping the anesthesia space in 2026: 1. The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology said July 21 that…
From facility penalties to time caps, anesthesiologists have spent the last two years absorbing insurer workarounds aimed, directly or indirectly, at paying less for anesthesia care. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the pattern is not a coincidence but…
ASC leaders facing scheduling gaps, turnover and friction between anesthesia and the surgical team often try to adjust the processes. An Aug. 13 white paper from North American Partners in Anesthesia argues that operational breakdowns in anesthesiology departments are often…
Anesthesia workforce shortages are driving case cancellations, room closures and lost surgical volume at ASCs nationwide, according to SedAssure’s 2026 Anesthesia Access and Sedation Survey, shared with Becker’s Aug. 12. The survey polled 150 ASC perioperative and administrative leaders across…
The anesthesia workforce shortage is not new news to ASCs and physicians – the projected shortage of anesthesiologists by 2036 will hit 6,300, and by 2033, the U.S. is projected to face a shortage of about 12,500 CRNAs, nearly 22%…