Nearly 50% of hospitals wanted to change anesthesia partners in 3 years — 3 most common reasons

Over the last three years, 49 percent of hospitals sought to change their current anesthesia provider, and 25 percent did change their anesthesia providers according to a survey conducted by Enhance Healthcare Consulting.

Here are the three most common reasons hospitals sought to change anesthesia providers:

•    Subsidy level: 40 percent
•    Inadequate service level: 34 percent
•    Issues with incumbent group leadership: 26 percent

Note: The survey population included

•    CEO: 53 percent
•    CFO: 28 percent
•    CNO: 13 percent
•    COO: 6 percent