As CMS threatens further pay cuts for anesthesiology services and other third-party payers are likely to follow suit, many attending anesthesiologists are asking: Why can't we form a union? Alternatively, why can't the ASA function like a union and negotiate on our behalf?
As scope battles continue, there is an urgent need for stronger and more direct tactics to counter misinformation and increase understanding of the practice of medicine. In modern debate...
In my last article, I discussed a case of nurse anesthetist non-liability in North Carolina that asks us to consider several questions about supervision, liability, scope of practice...
In a recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals, a nurse anesthetist was found not liable for hypoxic/anoxic injury in a 3-year-old patient scheduled for a cardiac ablation procedure...
The problem with suggesting that complex issues can be addressed through “absolute” solutions is that, unless used in algebra, absolutes rarely further their intended goal.
If physicians are “muggers” and co-conspirators in “taking money away from the rest of us,” then journalists and economists are pontificating parasites who produce no goods or services of any...
The California Medical Association (CMA) released alarming results this week...
How do we help California anesthesiologists in a meaningful way that ensures we not only survive but thrive on an individual, practice, and statewide level? Unfortunately, we may have ignored our greatest...