Anesthesia has become one of the most persistent staffing headaches for ASCs and hospitals alike. It’s not just a bad labor market, but a pipeline problem stacked on top of an aging workforce, a bottlenecked training system and a reimbursement…
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Over one year after Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s anesthesia time limit policy set off an industrywide backlash, the fight over how anesthesia care gets reimbursed is still unresolved. A commentary published July 14 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine…
Health systems, hospitals and professional groups nationwide named new anesthesiology leaders this month, with appointments spanning clinical directorships, department chairs, board seats and promotions across academic medical centers, children’s hospitals and medical device companies. 1. Jeff Small, MD, assistant professor…
Most physicians are paid according to relative value units tied to an office visit, exam or procedure, but anesthesiologists are not. Their compensation runs on a unit-based formula that reflects a procedure’s complexity, a patient’s medical condition and the amount…
Salt Lake City-based CHG Healthcare has acquired KREWE Anesthesia, a company specializing in CRNA staffing. KREWE Anesthesia, which was founded by practicing CRNAs, matches providers into single-role locum placements and ongoing managed services, according to an Aug. 11 news release…
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Anesthesia stipends continue to skyrocket, with the share of ASCs expecting to pay stipends jumping from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health report, a 57% increase in a single year. Additionally, 60% of ASC…
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is planning to create a CRNA program, which would be the fourth in the state. The university’s College of Nursing new dean, Hyochol Brian Ahn, PhD, MSN, said that the college is collaborating with…
Anesthesiologist pay keeps climbing even as the reimbursement underneath it keeps shrinking, which is a gap ASCs are increasingly bridging themselves. Here’s what anesthesiologist compensation looks like right now in 10 numbers: $568,454. The average total compensation for anesthesiologists nationally,…
The Morgantown-based West Virginia University School of Nursing is increasing its Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthetist program from 15 to 20 students in each cohort. The full-time program, which requires 88 credits for completion, allows graduates to sit for…
Reimbursement changes and margin pressure are pushing more surgical volume out of the hospital operating room and into ASCs at rapid pace. For health systems chasing lower costs and new growth, the shift looks like an obvious win. But for…