From provider shortages to declining reimbursements, here are 10 numbers making anesthesia providers nervous:
8.2%. The percentage that CMS anesthesia reimbursements declined from 2019 to 2024 — from $22.27 per unit to $20.44, VMG Health said in a May blog post.
85%. The percentage by which Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's health plans in Ohio, Missouri, Connecticut, New York and Maine will reduce QZ services performed by CRNAs beginning Nov. 1.
26%. The percent increase in average price when anesthesia companies, backed by private-equity investors, took over a hospital outpatient or ASC compared with independent practices, according to a 2022 JAMA study.
2.81%. The annual decrease in inflation-adjusted Medicare reimbursement for the selected pain management procedures in the last 23 years, according to a February report from American Association of Physician Leadership.
More than 59%. The percentage of anesthesiologists that are over 55, according to a 2024 white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions.
More than 17%. The percentage of anesthesiologists that are nearing retirement, according to Medicus.
Up to 6,300. The projected shortage of anesthesiologists by 2036, according to Medicus.
More than 2,872. The number of anesthesiologists that left the workforce from 2021 to 2022, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare.
Around 44%. The percentage of the 1,353 medical students seeking an anesthesiology residency in 2023 that did not match.
More than 50%. The percentage of anesthesiologists that said they felt burnt out or both burnt out and depressed, according to a 2024 Medscape survey. This is a slight increase from last year's survey, when 47% of anesthesiologists reported being burned out.