According to federal regulations, ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals must secure physician supervision whenever a CRNA administers anesthesia in order to receive reimbursement under Medicare. However, regulations also say that a state’s governor can request to opt out of the physician supervision requirement.
The CSA, along with the California Medical Association, is asking for the court ruling to be overturned. According to an organization news release, “How is the imperative ‘that nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training’ to be balanced against protecting the safety of the public from potential degradation in the quality of care rendered by practitioners who are less educated and trained than are physicians?”
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