Anesthesia providers are grappling with a variety of legislative and policy-related issues that hold implications for patient access, provider compensation and practice staffing. Here are four recent ...

(BPT) – The “silver tsunami” of people 65 and older combined with the uptick in surgeries during the winter months is creating the perfect storm for a sometimes-overlooked issue — postoperative ...

Congress’ committees of jurisdiction are currently considering massive changes to the physician payment system, including repealing the sustainable growth rate and creating a stable period of payments ...

A Louisiana hospital did not have a duty to disclose an anesthesiologist’s drug problem in a reference to a prospective hospital employer, and therefore cannot be held liable for patient injuries the ...

(Reuters Health) - Young children who had surgery under general anesthesia were no more likely than their siblings who weren't exposed to anesthesia to experience developmental challenges that impair ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants who are given general anesthesia more than once are twice as likely to have learning disabilities later on than children never exposed to the drugs, a new study ...

ASC managers and administrators consider booking anesthesia services for a case to be the most challenging part of managing anesthesia services, according to Sedaze Anesthesia Consultants CEO Amin ...

The Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists has raised concerns about MercyOne's new partnership with Vituity for anesthesia care. The board worries the change reduces physician oversight and could ...

In a retrospective study of 36,652 cataract surgery patients, nearly 90% of the surgical procedures were performed in the presence of an anesthesiologist. The rate of complications within 7 days after ...