Anesthesia

The anesthesia workforce, especially certified registered nurse anesthetists, has been facing an uphill battle in recent months amid new restrictions on federal student loan borrowing and repayment that some say will strain education and training access within the specialty. Rules…

Some anesthesia groups that sold to private equity-backed national platforms are reversing course and buying their practices back and reforming as independent groups. Stan Morton, CEO of Copractica, a Dallas-based clinically integrated network for independent anesthesia practices, told Becker’s how…

For independent anesthesia groups, the market has increasingly presented two exits: sell to a private equity-backed national group or become hospital employees. A small number of practices are testing a third path. Copractica, a Dallas-based clinically integrated network built specifically…

The anesthesia problem ASC leaders talk about is workforce. The one arriving next is payers. Vijay Bachani, president and chief growth officer of Roslyn Heights, N.Y.-based New York Bariatric Group, told Becker’s insurers are starting to punish ASCs for the…

Private equity’s consolidation of anesthesiology has been documented in federal courtrooms, academic studies and state attorney general investigations.  Here’s a breakdown of where that consolidation stands market by market, which ASCs are now effectively captive to a single dominant group…

Anesthesia coverage has quietly moved from a scheduling detail to a strategic question, one that ASC administrators, surgeons, and anesthesiologists say will define which surgery centers grow and which ones stall over the next five years.  From stipends becoming standard…

Anesthesia reimbursement has been eroding for years, but the pace of payer-driven policy changes has accelerated sharply since 2023.  “Continued decrease in reimbursement certainly puts a strain on anesthesia practices at a time when overhead continues to increase,” Jason Habeck,…

Many anesthesia and pain management programs are operating at or beyond capacity. The leaders running them say the biggest obstacles are structural, not clinical.  Practices and clinics packed beyond what support staff can handle, hospital departments and their clinical counterparts…

Eight states have no anesthesiology residency programs, and the states where residents are trained are not always where they end up practicing, a gap that is widening as rural ASCs and hospitals compete for a shrinking pipeline. States with no…

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has withdrawn two trademark applications incorporating the term “nurse anesthesiologist” following opposition proceedings brought by the American Society of Anesthesiologists before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. AANA filed motions to withdraw the…