Unrealistically low initial payments, flawed Qualifying Payment Amounts (QPAs), and impractical contracting terms are among the heavy-handed tactics insurance companies use to push physicians to the i...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today commended the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for convening a hearing on Medicare payment reform, an important step toward fixing...

The ASA today announced the continuation of its longstanding collaboration with Masimo, a Danaher company and a specialty diagnostics solutions innovator of pulse oximetry and other patient-monitoring...

In response to reported medication errors that harmed patients in Nashville, the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today reaffirmed that spinal anesthesia remains a safe and essential anesthetic technique when administered with appropriate medication. These devastating events must be seriously addressed, without calling into question the safety of this well-established form of care. SOAP, APSF and ASA extend their deepest concern and compassion to the patients and...