Over the past decade, hospital anesthesia costs have increased four- to six-fold. What was once a largely self-sustaining professional service line has quickly become one of the fastest-growing cost ...

North American Partners in Anesthesia CEO John Di Capua, MD, talks about the biggest challenges and latest trends in hospital anesthesia for 2014. John Di Capua: Society is struggling to curb the cost ...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, anesthesia — once a behind-the-scenes specialty — is now taking center stage in hospital systems. Since the 1980s, anesthesia services were ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

Staffing and recruiting challenges for a local anesthesia group have come to a head this week at a local hospital. St. Joseph Medical Center, part of the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health system, is ...

Hugh Morgan is the quality assurance officer for Somnia Anesthesia Services, a physician-owned and -managed anesthesia management company servicing healthcare facilities, anesthesiologists and ...

“We recently learned that one of our anesthesia groups will cease operations in June,” a Premier Health spokesperson said. The spokesperson said they are working to transition those anesthesia ...

Dr. Jaime Ortiz was recently named chair of the hospital’s anesthesiology department, which provides all patients with regional and monitored anesthesia options around the clock. Ortiz will also serve ...