For premedication, a combination of an opioid (eg, hydromorphone 0.05-0.1 mg/kg intramuscular [IM] or fentanyl 3 μg/kg) and a ...

The proposed policy will no longer reimburse anesthesia services for the complete duration of certain surgical procedures.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced it will walk back plans to cap coverage of anesthesia care after widespread backlash.

The company announced November 1 it would deny claims for anesthesia that exceeded ... the healthiest patients — those with an ASA Physical Status Score of 1 or 2 — it would still affect ...

The proposed update to the policy was only designed to clarify the appropriateness of anesthesia consistent with well-established clinical guidelines." The ASA first sounded the alarm on the ...