Anesthesia

The California Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has sued the California Department of Public Health and the Office of Administrative Law. The suit alleges that state regulations improperly bar certified registered nurse anesthetists from serving on hospital medical staff. CANA filed…

The anesthesia shortage is easing for ASCs, but not evenly. Small centers and those staffed only by anesthesiologists report the strongest access, while large centers and those using the industry’s most common staffing model still trail. Of the 307 surgery…

GLP-1 use was associated with 11% lower odds of major cardiovascular complications and 8% lower odds of infections after surgery, according to a study of more than 2 million adults presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Anesthesiology 2026 annual…

Hospital leaders managing anesthesia economics should track a short list of paired operating and revenue cycle metrics rather than reviewing cost and collections separately, according to a white paper from Surgical Directions and Ventra Health. These 10 metrics make up…

Patients who smoke or vape cannabis may require higher doses of propofol during upper endoscopy than nonusers or patients who consume cannabis edibles, according to research presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Anesthesiology 2026 annual meeting in San Diego.…

ASCs that rely solely on anesthesiologists report better access to anesthesia services than centers using the more common care team model, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s third-quarter 2026 60-Second Survey, published Oct. 16. Of facilities staffed only by…

Nearly one-third of ASCs offer financial assistance in their contracts with anesthesia providers or groups, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s third-quarter 2026 60-Second Survey, published Oct. 16. Here are five things to know:  1. Of the 307 respondents,…

Anesthesia stipends, once limited to a small share of surgery centers and hard-to-staff hospitals, have become a routine line item across much of the surgical market. The pressure is coming from several directions at once: a thin workforce pipeline, rising…

The share of ASCs reporting adequate access to anesthesia providers has reached its highest level since 2022, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s third-quarter 2026 60-Second Survey, published Oct. 16. Of the 307 surgery centers across 44 states that…

For many patients, anesthesia is one of the least understood parts of a surgical or procedural experience. People generally understand why they are having surgery. They know what their surgeon is going to repair, remove, replace or examine. But when…