Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield halted a plan to deny claims for anesthesia services that exceeded specific time limits for surgeries and procedures. After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Following backlash, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield stalled its policy change that would have put a time limit on ...

A multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline, “Polysomnography for Sleep-Disordered Breathing Prior to Tonsillectomy in Children,” will be published as a supplement to the July issue of ...

Some, but not all, research suggests that more women recall events that happened under anesthesia than men do, and that women wake up from anesthesia faster than men. When you purchase through links ...

Anesthesia teams are under pressure as surgical demand rises, staffing tightens and financial strains mount. Yet the specialty is entering a pivotal year of change, and the decisions made now will ...

Every day, some 60,000 patients enter a state more like coma than sleep when they undergo general anesthesia — according to an unsettling study published Dec. 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced a plan to put time limits on anesthesia coverage in certain states, but now says it will not proceed with the plan. The American Society of Anesthesiologists is ...

(CNN) — After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an insurance company is halting its plan to limit the amount of time it would cover anesthesia used in surgeries and procedures. Anthem Blue Cross ...