CMS Transmittal 59 provides additional clarifications to the agency's Interpretive Guidelines for the Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation, according an American Society of Anesthesiologists news release.

From 1998-2008, the number of bariatric surgeries performed in the U.S. soared from 13,386 to 220,000, but there are significant variances in complication rates and length of stay related to the procedure, according to a new study from healthcare ratings…

Anesthesia residents who had been given simulation training performed significantly better at weaning patients from cardiopulmonary bypass than residents who had undergone only standard classroom training, according to a study published in the April edition of Anesthesiology.

CMS has asked 200 hospitals, including critical access hospitals and facilities in Maryland and Puerto Rico, to help test a new process for validating inpatient quality data, according to a report in AHA News Now.

Canonsburg (Pa.) General Hospital is expected to open an outpatient complex that includes a surgery center in Peters, Pa., within the next 18 months, according to the Observer-Reporter.

Four sources of inefficiency and four best practices of high-performing emergency departmentsIt is a common assumption that healthcare reform, by providing insurance to millions of previously uninsured individuals, will reduce volumes in the emergency departments of the nation’s hospitals. But…

When Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care launched its Clinical Integration Program a little more than five years ago, very few organizations were aligning with independent physicians in ways that today would be viewed as the underpinnings of an accountable…

Researchers from The Netherlands found that asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction was a significant predictor of 30-day cardiovascular events following surgery, indicating a need to diagnose the condition preoperatively and to better manage it around the time of surgery, according to…

Joseph "Mike" Morel, a CRNA and co-director of Huntingdon (Tenn.) Anesthesia, was honored as the 2010 recipient of the Federal Political Director of the Year Award, designed to acknowledge a CRNA who has made significant contributions to the American Association…

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the use of radioactive materials, has identified violations involving radiology use at 13 hospitals operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.