Maine lawmakers are considering an emergency proposal to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for pediatric dentists who perform work on patients under anesthesia. Six notes: 1. HP1438 states that ...

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The proposed bill would increase reimbursement rates for pediatric patients who need general anesthesia for dental work.

Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of ...

Mary Berg walks through the steps of a comprehensive oral health assessment and treatment and shares small, practical changes that may shorten anesthesia time and improve patient outcomes. Mary Berg, ...

Failure to preemptively address changes in the population’s needs, as well as in the anesthesiology workforce itself, has ...

The anesthesia workforce shortage has become a fixture in healthcare at large as hospitals, health systems and ASCs figure out how to balance high surgical demand with a lack of providers. Three ...

Payers’ implementation of time limits on anesthesia reimbursement has sparked controversy over the last several years, beginning in late 2024 when Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield proposed a policy that ...

If anxiety or more is keeping you from taking care of your oral health, consider sedation dentistry. “We notice with good ...

The thought of your pet undergoing sedation or anesthesia can be stressful, but these techniques can be an important step in ...

The first-ever class of students in the new Anesthesiology Assistant program at Kansas City University-Joplin has officially started studies on the Joplin campus. Dr. John Paulson is interim dean of ...

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