Anesthesia

In 2025, ASC leaders grappled with mounting anesthesia provider shortages, reimbursement headwinds and the growing expectation to pay stipends to secure coverage, pressures that are reshaping staffing models and threatening access in some markets. Now, as volumes climb and more…

Anesthesia staffing challenges are moving from a persistent operational headache to a defining structural force for ASCs. As workforce shortages persist, labor costs rise and reimbursement pressures intensify, ASC leaders are rethinking clinical models, partnerships and growth strategies to maintain…

John Barnes, owner of L5 Medical Holdings, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $4.9 million in restitution and forfeit $250,000 for healthcare fraud and illegal prescription drug conspiracies, according to a Department of…

Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America has acquired the patient base of Crespo Injury Care Center and added Ariel Crespo, MD, to its network of interventional pain specialists. Dr. Crespo specializes in chronic pain management, sports medicine, orthopedics and interventional…

Hackensack, N.J.-based Olena Medical has named Mrinal Agrawal, MD, an anesthesiologist and pain management physician, as chief medical officer.  Dr. Agrawal will lead clinical operations, physician development and quality initiatives across Olena’s anesthesia network, according to a Jan. 9 news…

Mark Gabot, DNP, CRNA, a faculty member at the Pasadena, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, is the first certified registered nurse anesthetist in the U.S. named a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography. He is the second advanced…

Certified-registered nurse anesthetists have become a central facet of ASC staffing strategies as they gain broader legal authority to practice independently and the anesthesia workforce shortage deepens.  Here are 10 statistics, trends and data points illustrating the CRNA workforce in…

Hari Kalagara, MD, an anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., has been named the 2026 recipient of the Presidential Scholar Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Dr. Kalagara will be recognized April 18 at…

Here are 10 anesthesiologists who have made headlines in the last month: 1. Emily Teeter, MD, was named division chief of adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology at the Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina. Dr. Teeter has served as the interim division…

Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth has appointed Lindsey Nelson, MD, as executive medical director of the TidalHealth Anesthesiology service line.  In the role, Dr. Nelson will oversee the strategic, clinical and operational direction of anesthesia services across all TidalHealth care locations, according…