The use of flip rooms is becoming a more common challenge for anesthesia practices, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Summit Medical Group Arizona hired its first pain management specialist, the Glendale Independent reports.

CPT code 76937 pertains to ultrasound guidance used in the placement of invasive lines, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired Orange Coast Anesthesia, a Los Alamitos, Calif.-based group of over 40 anesthesiologists.

Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital renovated and expanded its pain center, adding a surgical procedure room and pre- and postoperative recovery areas, The Daily News reports.

In the past three months, Becker's ASC Review has reported on several lawsuits involving anesthesia and pain management practices.

During a November meeting, The New Hampshire Board of Medicine unanimously voted to prohibit individuals from identifying themselves as anesthesiologists without board licensure. 

New York City-based Downtown Pain Physicians is a newly opened multispecialty practice in the borough of Manhattan.

Erie, Pa.-based Tri-State Pain Institute is facing several lawsuits related to its finances and claims of a MRSA outbreak in 2017, the Erie-Times News reports.

CMS' 2020 Quality Payment Program Final Rule includes higher penalties, more risk for reporting providers and new reporting opportunities, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Steven Edelstein, MD, will be installed as anesthesiology department chair at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Medical Center on Dec. 1, Patch reports.

Somersworth, N.H.-based Seacoast Pain Institute of New England is set to close Nov. 27, fosters.com reports.

Lumei Miller, MD, was one of seven providers to join Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine in October.

Hospitals have significantly marked up the prices for anesthesiology services in the past several years, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

CMS finalized the national anesthesia conversion factor for 2020, and it may be "a letdown for millions of anesthesia providers across the country," said Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Candace McKee, MD, joined The Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics.

It's increasingly common for anesthesia groups to provide services outside of typical anesthetizing locations, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

CMS finalized changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that will expand payments to certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2020.

Robin Elwood, MD, was elected to serve on the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's board of directors.

Austin, Texas-based Spindletop Pain Management Holdings and San Antonio-based Tricity Pain Associates announced Nov. 5 that they acquired Advanced Consultants in Pain Care in San Antonio.