Legal & Regulatory Issues

Vice President Joe Biden's goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget could include cuts to Medicare, according to a Bloomberg report.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's office has scrapped plans to establish a Medicaid managed-care demonstration project in six counties, according to Billings Gazette report.

To reduce the amount of fluoroscopy or X-ray radiation, a team of researchers worked with imaging tools such as 3D mapping and ultrasound to develop a new standard for radiation-free electrophysiology procedures in adult population, offered for the first time…

Mayo Clinic has developed a screening procedure that could dramatically increase testing for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary genetic disorder that raises cancer risk, particularly for colorectal cancer, according to a hospital news release.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is reminding anesthesiologists and providers that an important revision to the ASA's "Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring" is set to go into effect on July 1.

The executive director of Anesthesia Quality Institute, Richard P. Dutton, MD, analyzes findings from a French study about allergic reactions to anesthesia in a recent Reuters report, according to a report from the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Retuers…

Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House and possible presidential candidate, quickly disavowed a statement supporting the individual insurance mandate under the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Mass Device.

Common anesthetics could lead to brain damage in babies, according to research from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and reported in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Anesthesia may cause allergic reactions in more patients than previously thought, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck produces pentobarbital, but opposes its involvement in the death penalty, according to a GlobalPost report.