Anesthesia

James Geiger, MD, is an anesthesiologist serving five hospitals and five surgery centers in Phoenix, Ariz.

A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has published an update on the propofol shortage.

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…

Anesthesiologist Alan Berk, MD, is part of Dallas-based TX-AN Anesthesia Group, which services hospitals and surgery centers in Dallas and Plano, Texas.

A new law in Pennsylvania will require ASCs and hospitals to have a circulating nurse in the OR during procedures using general anesthesia or deep sedation.

Kamal Tiwari, MD, an anesthesiologist practicing in Bloomington, Ind., at The Pain Management & Surgery Center of Southern Indiana, has been charged with healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud resulting in serious bodily injury and 11 counts of unlawful drug distribution, according…

Anesthesiologists will be represented by two colleagues on the AMA's board of trustees following elections held during the Association's recent annual meeting.

Increasingly, surgery centers and practices related to surgery centers attempt to profit from the providing of anesthesia services. In the last couple of years, the American Society for Anesthesia has attacked various models as improper kickback relationships and has argued…

Somnia Anesthesia Services has sponsored a white paper with HFMA entitled "Driving Value in Anesthesia Services."