Read the 2024 Edition of Vital Times!
Report from ASA Annual Meeting: Strategies on Reimbursement, Medical Credentialing Advance, & CSA Leadership Recognized
By Paul Yost, MD, FASA , ASA Director for CA and Johnathan Pregler, MD, FASA, ASA Alternate Director for CA The American Society of Anesthesiologists held its first safe successful annual meeting since the outbreak of COVID-19 in San Diego October 9-13! Using many COVID safety precautions including a CLEAR App that tracked vaccination status, testing status, and daily symptom […]
President’s Report: Outcomes from the September 2021 Board of Directors Meeting
As your President for the 2021-22 program year, I am pleased to report the outcomes of a productive CSA Board of Directors meeting held September 10-11 at the Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel. During these past 18 months of COVID, CSA leaders have stayed in touch and conducted the business of the society remotely, and most […]
Development of a virtual regional anesthesia curriculum for Tanzanian anesthetists during the COVID-19 pandemic
By: Amy Chen, MD; Sehewa Mganga RN; Frank Artress, MD; Michelle Arteaga MS, MHA; Sara Strowd, MD; Cynthia Khoo, MD, PhD The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted education including global health rotations in residency and fellowship programs. Most international travel for global anesthesia has been indefinitely postponed and many training programs transitioned to remote learning […]
WHY is it important for CSA Members to choose a CSA Practice Forum?
As you know under then CSA President Sam Wald, MD, MBA, FASA, CSA leadership created a new redistricting of districts and initiated Practice Forums. The following Practice Forums are available to you: Early Career Practice Small & Solo Practice Medium Size Practice Academic Practice Large Practice Why were Forums created? The Forums were created to […]
Highlights from the ASA BOD Meeting
On August 21-22, the ASA held its first in-person Board of Directors (BOD) meeting in more than a year in Chicago. The CSA was well represented with the following members present: Drs. Menor, Doyle, Pearl, Conte, Levin, Pregler, Yost, and CSA Executive Director David Butler. Common sense COVID precautions were in place with masks worn […]
AB 5 Exempts Physicians – but Proceed with Caution
Editor’s Note: Assembly Bill 5, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) was one of the most publicized and contentious pieces of legislation introduced in the recently concluded legislative session. AB 5 intended to codify the California Supreme Court’s recent Dynamex decision, which significantly narrowed the definition of independent contractor – applying a very strict […]
Case Study: Dynamex Operations West, Inc. vs. Superior Court
The California Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year in the case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. vs. Superior Court created a new rule for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors. Under the new rule, it is virtually impossible for an anesthesia group to defend the independent contractor status of a physician providing anesthesia services […]
California Supreme Court Reclassifies Your Independent Contractors
Until recently an anesthesia practice had two options for engaging anesthesiologists: employee or independent contractor.[1] The correct classification was (and continues to be) relevant for qualified retirement plan participation and other benefits, workers’ compensation insurance coverage requirements, unemployment insurance, disability insurance and accommodation, malpractice insurance coverage, third party liability and insurance, timing and amount of […]
Making an Impact: New CSA partnership with Project Lead the Way and UC Davis Department of Anesthesiology to support biomedical curricula in three Sacramento area high schools
The California Society of Anesthesiologists is pleased to announce the launch of its latest partnership with Project Lead the Way (PLTW) to support biomedical sciences curricula and hands-on learning opportunities for high school students in California. The CSA Foundation for Education worked with PLTW and the UC Davis Department of Anesthesiology to bring this valuable […]
