Anesthesia

The rising cost of healthcare has been an ongoing concern of the nation's business community. When the 2001 Institute of Medicine landmark report titled "Crossing the Quality Chasm" revealed that 98,000 hospitalized patients die unnecessarily each year from preventable medical…

Sixteen U.S. Senators have signed a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calling for a review of Medicare payments for anesthesia services as possibly misvalued, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists and a copy of the letter.

Here are statistics on the average ASA status for the top orthopedic procedure in ASCs by CMS region, according to Genascis.

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a lower court's judgment to clear an ASC, orthopedic surgeon and CRNA sued by a patient who claimed her lung was punctured during a regional block placement, according to an Ohio Court of Appeals…

Anesthesiologist Barry K. Ray Jr., MD, of Tinton Falls, N.J., has been charged with conspiring to sell prescription drugs, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

Robert J. Rubino, MD, founder of The Rubino OB/GYN Group in New Jersey, has received a research grant to study the use of an FDA-approved device for the minimally invasive removal of uterine masses in the office under local anesthesia,…

A study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia reported an existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures, theoretically allowing expert anesthesiologists to perform procedures remotely, according to the Anesthesia & Analgesia report abstract. 

American Society of Anesthesiologists President Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, discusses five trends affecting anesthesiologists and how the ASA is responding to threats to its members.

A study by RAND Corp. finds a current shortage of 3,800 anesthesiologists in the United States and projects a possible shortage of 12,500 anesthesiologists by 2020, according a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has announced the receipt a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences to train basic and physician-scientists engaged in anesthesiology research.