Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare have partnered to expand the school’s Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesiology. The two organizations launched a new location for the program in St. Cloud, Minn., creating one of…
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Hospitals and health systems are competing hard to fill anesthesia roles, and the recruiting data shows it. Anesthesiologists commanded the highest average sign-on bonus of any specialty AMN Healthcare’s Physician Solutions division recruited for in 2024-2025, according to the company’s…
Tracy Young, CRNA, was recently appointed president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and is co-founder and chief operating officer of Essential Anesthesia Management. He recently joined Becker’s to discuss his priorities as AANA’s new president, including workforce access,…
Peoria, Ill.-based Methodist College is establishing a certified registered nurse anesthetist program to help address staffing shortages. The Gilmore Foundation is investing nearly $850,000 through Carle Health Center for Philanthropy to help the college launch the program in 2028, according…
Two-thirds of ASC leaders rank anesthesia coverage among their top three financial challenges in 2026, according to a new report from Medicus Healthcare Solutions, a locum tenens staffing firm. “The State of Anesthesia Care Delivery: Data, Trends, & Strategic Solutions”…
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From sterilization issues to a national blood donation crisis and cyberattacks, here’s why five hospitals have had to delay or cancel surgical procedures in 2026: 1. Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston diverted some surgical cases after state regulators identified…
Hospital-based physician staffing — the industry that supplies much of the country’s contracted anesthesia, emergency medicine and hospitalist coverage — has seen a string of bankruptcy filings since 2019. Two of the five cases below involved stand-alone anesthesia groups; the…
As anesthesia workforce shortages persist nationwide, more hospitals and ASCs are paying stipends to secure anesthesia coverage. About 80% of hospitals now offer some form of anesthesia stipend, citing factors such as unfavorable payer mix, irregular OR schedules, low facility…
The No Surprises Act’s arbitration process is once again embroiled in controversy as physician groups speak out on what they say are inflated IDR costs being reported out through recent research. A report published in Health Affairs Forefront on Aug.…
For ASCs, maximizing OR utilization increasingly depends on whether staffing can flex as quickly as surgical volume does. Two anesthesia leaders told Becker’s that rigid staffing models and last-minute schedule adjustments can quietly erode efficiency and margins. Question: What’s one…