Anesthesia

In November 2024, CMS finalized a 94-cent (2.83%) conversion factor decrease from 2024. The physician fee schedule conversion factor for 2025 is $32.35, down from $33.29 in 2024. 

Private equity has an ever-tightening grip in healthcare, across nearly every physician specialty, including anesthesia. 

A Medscape report released Jan. 8 indicated that personalized interventions may "significantly" reduce preoperative anxiety in patients. 

Liberal, Kan.-based Southwest Medical Center has partnered with multi-specialty medical group Sound Physicians to provide comprehensive anesthesia coverage, according to a Jan. 7 report from KSCB News.

Here are five issues anesthesia providers are watching as we begin 2025:

As all physicians are heading into 2025 battling nationwide shortages and ongoing reimbursement cuts, here are five numbers that are scaring anesthesiologists right now: 

As the landscape of American healthcare continues to evolve, the Association for Independent Medicine (AIM) is at the forefront, championing the autonomy, innovation, and resilience of independent practices. In 2025, AIM is poised to achieve new milestones, fostering collaboration, advocating…

Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Sentio Biosciences has earned a contract from API Innovation Center, a St. Louis nonprofit focused on strengthening the U.S. supply chain, to develop and produce two pharmaceutical drugs used for anesthesia, according to a Dec. 25 report…

Here are several states that saw changes in CRNA policies in the past year, from reimbursement declines to alleviated supervision requirements: 

Here are five anesthesia groups bringing innovative practices and business strategies to the industry: