Anesthesia

The following reader question came in response to the column "Critical Guidance for Complying With Anesthesia Infection Control Rules," which features insight from Clifford Gevirtz, MD, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia Services who practices throughout New York and Long Island,…

Here are five significant anesthesia-related stories making headlines in the past eight months. 1. Debate over whether CRNAs providing anesthesia services unsupervised put patients at risk.  A study published in the August issue of Health Affairs and funded by the…

Anesthesiologist Cory L. Pickens, MD, of Billings, Mont., has pleaded guilty to prescription fraud, according to a report from the Missoulian and Associated Press.

The Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists has sent a letter to Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter opposing his plan to opt out of a Medicare rule requiring physician supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

The New York Times opinion section published an editorial addressing a recent study by Research Triangle Institute International, funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and published in Health Affairs, claiming CRNAs who provide anesthesia services without physician supervision…

One of the biggest challenges facing the practice of anesthesia are recent changes in infection control rules, according to Clifford Gevirtz, MD, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia Services who practices throughout New York and Long Island, N.Y. Some anesthesiologists may…

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter is planning a policy change that would allow certified registered nurse anesthetists to administer anesthesia without a physician's supervision, a decision that has angered Colorado anesthesiologists, according to a Denver Post report.

Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., says the challenge of aligning anesthesiologists with the financial interests of an ASC can be overcome by giving the anesthesiologists a financial investment in the center.

Here are seven statistics about compensation of anesthesiologists based on partnership, weeks worked and practice revenue, based on 2009 data, according to the MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey.

Here are the top 12 "action items" salaried anesthesiologists would like to improve in their practice environment, based on whether the anesthesiologists are salaried employees or owners/partners, according to the Locum Tenens 2010 Anesthesiology Salary Survey Report.