Average starting salaries for certified registered nurse anesthetists fell about 1% year over year, to $286,250, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from AMN Healthcare. The “2026 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives” report includes data from…
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A federal judge has cut surgery centers out of a proposed patient class action accusing Dallas-based U.S. Anesthesia Partners of monopolizing anesthesia in Texas, ruling that the woman who brought the claims never paid for anesthesia at an ASC. In…
Arizona State University’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation is building a Doctor of Nursing Practice concentration in nurse anesthesia to help close Arizona’s nurse anesthetist shortage. The first class is expected to start in fall 2027 on ASU’s…
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants saw their median total cash compensation grow by about 2% from 2025 to 2026, according to a new report from healthcare consulting firm SullivanCotter. The “2026 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey Report” collected…
The share of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health report. Some ASC leaders said the bigger fix is changing the relationship, not the check. “Anesthesia coverage…
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As the anesthesia shortage drives up provider pay and pushes more ASCs and hospitals into paying subsidies, two anesthesia staffing executives say the strongest retention tool isn’t a bigger paycheck. It’s culture. Compensation still matters, both said. But keeping CRNAs…
Selwynn Howard, MD, a longtime Atlanta-area anesthesiologist, died Sept. 1 of cancer at age 60. Dr. Howard served as chair of the anesthesiology department at Piedmont Rockdale Hospital in Conyers, Ga., and spent nearly 20 years as a partner with…
Fewer than 1 in 5 survey respondents said their rural market has enough permanent local general surgery capacity, according to a report from Jackson Physician Search, LocumTenens.com and MGMA. The report also cites an ACS estimate that a rural surgeon…
As higher-acuity procedures continue to migrate to ASCs, anesthesia groups are being asked to support more complex care while navigating persistent workforce and financial pressures. For Gary John Mullen, MD, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based Sovereign Anesthesiology Partners, the answer is…
Not long ago, an ASC paying an anesthesia stipend was considered to be a red flag. Today, it’s the norm. Before COVID-19, about 10% to 15% of ASCs required an anesthesia subsidy, according to Adam Spiegel, CEO of Irving, Texas-based…