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ASC leaders’ anesthesia coverage non-negotiables for 2026

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review As ASCs face ongoing workforce constraints, reimbursement pressure and rising expectations around access and efficiency, anesthesia coverage has emerged as a defining operational priority for 2026. ASC leaders across the country joined Becker’s to share the anesthesia coverage elements they consider non-negotiable, and why those priorities have become firm lines in the […]

Effect of Sevoflurane Concentration, Blood Pressure, Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension, Temperature, and Stimulation on Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery

Authors: Asif H M et al. Source: Anesthesiology, January 30, 2026, 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005911 Summary:This exploratory observational study investigated how common intraoperative anesthetic and physiologic variables influence human spinal cord blood flow during spinal surgery. Using laser speckle contrast imaging, a noninvasive technique capable of generating high-resolution, real-time blood flow maps, the authors examined the effects of […]

Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007: Its Legislative Course, and Financial, Educational, and Advocacy Impacts

Authors: Johnstone R E et al. Source: Anesthesiology Open, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2026, Summary:This article examines the origins, passage, and long-term consequences of the Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007, landmark legislation that reversed a financially devastating Medicare policy affecting anesthesiology residency training. In 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

BEST Independent CRNA Opportunity – Savannah, TN just increased salary $15,000

Hardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]

Reasons why collections have decreased

If your anesthesia group or department is seeing rising denials, compressed margins, or unexplained underpayments, this is usually a billing and process problem—not a productivity problem. See how our anesthesia billing services at Anesthesia Experts help hospitals and groups recover lost revenue.

Returning to Anesthesia After Burnout, Pain Management, ICU med or administrative job? We Built a Path Back

Burnout or time away in pain, ICU, or administration doesn’t erase your anesthesia training—it just requires a structured path back. For many physicians, it simply means you stepped away to regroup. We work with anesthesiologists every day who want to return to clinical anesthesia after time away in: administration or leadership roles pain medicine critical […]

Effect of Sevoflurane Concentration, Blood Pressure, Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension, Temperature, and Stimulation on Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery

Dr. Neal Cohen: The quiet cost of fragmentation in anesthesia

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Medicine did not decide to abandon community. It simply redesigned itself in ways that made community harder to sustain. Neal Cohen, MD, a professor emeritus of anesthesia and perioperative care and medicine at the University of California San Francisco, has watched that shift unfold from nearly every vantage point, […]

Anesthesiologists push for payer accountability in Congressional hearing

Author: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review The American Society of Anesthesiologists is calling on Congress to hold health insurers accountable for policies that raise costs and limit access to surgical care, according to a statement submitted during two Jan. 22 hearings. The House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health […]

Anesthesia’s ‘wasted coverage’ issue

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review As hospitals and ASCs grapple with persistent anesthesia workforce shortages, issues with “wasted coverage” are emerging alongside them, according to Megan Friedman, DO, chair and medical director at Los Angeles-based Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants. Dr. Friedman joined Becker’s to discuss how even in facilities that are technically fully staffed, volatile procedure demand […]