Several hospitals across the U.S. have had to postpone surgeries this year amid anesthesia staffing challenges and contract disputes with anesthesia providers. Here are three systems that have delayed ...

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The shortage is driven by both an exit of anesthesiologists from the industry due to retirement and burnout, as well as a lack of new anesthesia residents — creating a mismatch of providers and demand ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield backtracked on imposing a policy change that would have revised its billing standards for anesthesia treatment and not pay for those services after a set time limit for a ...

Some colonoscopy patients insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will only be eligible for moderate sedation. Gastroenterologist Dr. Seth Kaufer talks with people inside a giant inflatable ...

Medicare generally covers anesthesia when it is deemed medically necessary and administered by qualified professionals, but it typically does not cover anesthesia for cosmetic procedures or routine ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — West Michigan Anesthesia (WMA) said Tuesday it made multiple contract proposals during eight months of negotiations with Corewell Health. It then said Corewell Health declined ...