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The Office of the Inspector General is now taking up the issue of anesthesiologists "personally performing" cases and identifying what is "immediately available".


This transcript provides a very insightful method by which the auditors arrived at conclusions regarding the ...

The FDA has given pre-market approval to Ethicon Endo-Surgery's Sedasys for its computer-assisted personalized sedation system, the SEDASYS System. ...

From our friends at the LAWMEDBLOG

It has been over 8 months since we updated our readers on the lawsuit filed by former students against Florida’s Wolford College Nurse Anesthesia Program and Collier Anesthesia PA. You may recall that both the College and Collier have mutual owners and interests. Here is a “legalese” summary of the complaint filed in the case, titled Schumann et al. v Collier Anesthesia, P.A. et al., from court papers:


On June 29, 2012, plaintiffs Billy Schumann and Dustin Abraham filed a Complaint against defendants Collier Anesthesia, P.A. (Collier), Wolford College, LLC (Wolford), Thomas L. Cook, and Lynda M. Waterhouse, on their own behalf and on behalf of other similarly situated individuals for minimum wage and overtime compensation relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In the Complaint, plaintiffs allege that they were employed by Collier within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 203(g) as interns who were provided no monetary compensation; that they were registered nurses that did not have a valid license or certificate to practice medicine and did not ...

Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, an osteopathic physician, opposed the bill, telling The Lund Report he saw no need for these specialized nurses to have prescriptive powers, echoing the position of the Oregon Medical Association.
By: Christopher David Gray



April 25, 2013 — The Senate passed Senate Bill 136 on a 26-3 vote, which will allow certified registered nurse anesthetists to write prescriptions ...

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn’t increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a pair of studies in the May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). ...

The Tennessean


A federal jury found an anesthesiology company that serves Baptist Hospital not responsible for medical battery Monday in a malpractice case involving a sedative administered without consent.


David Hancock and his wife, Teresa Hancock, filed the civil suit against Anesthesia Medical ...

An anesthesiologist brought a qui tam action against his fellow physicians for failing to provide proper supervision to both CRNAs and residents. Commonly referred to as a "whistleblower" lawsuit, the case stems from allegations asserted in 2008 that anesthesiologists ...

HVO Members Recognized for Commitment to
Global Health

[Washington, DC - April 7, 2013] Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) is pleased to announce the recipients of the eighth annual HVO Golden Apple Award. ...

This is a very basic situation, however, even among experienced practitioners, variations in practice exist. ...