North American Partners in Anesthesia will pull its anesthesiologists from Commonwealth Health System's hospitals June 30, after a dispute around reconciliation payments, The Citizens' Voice reports.

Anesthesiologist Amarjit Virk, MD, is entitled to the nearly $2.7 million in damages he was awarded in a wrongful termination suit against Williamsville, N.Y.-based Maple-Gate Anesthesiologists, his former employer, according to a June 8 court document obtained by Bloomberg Law.

Greenfield, Wis.-based Advanced Pain Management has reopened nine locations after filing a layoff notice with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in April, Milwaukee Business Journal reports.

The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling that anesthesiologist Ronald Stevens, MD, didn't breach his fiduciary duties when he took business from his former anesthesia group, the Wyoming Times reports.

Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health is switching to a new anesthesia provider after mediation efforts with the health system's former anesthesia group failed, Crain's Detroit Business reports.

A certified registered nurse anesthetist in Charles City, Iowa, received a 34-month federal prison sentence and $15,000 fine May 29 for tampering with fentanyl vials in a hospital's surgery and birthing centers, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports.

During the pandemic, most physician anesthesiologists have leveraged their expertise in intubation, ventilation strategies and critical care medicine to help treat COVID-19 patients in critical and intensive care units, according to a recent survey by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

With more than 38.6 million U.S. workers on unemployment as of May 21, Anesthesia Business Consultants set out to find how this affected the percentage of patients without insurance.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia has been on a dealmaking spree.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia signed an agreement to provide services at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, N.J., according to a May 21 announcement.

Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America added interventional pain management specialist Andrea Trescot, MD, to its pain management practice in Orange Park, Fla., according to a May 13 announcement.

Surgery centers and anesthesia practices are reopening and ramping up elective cases, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants survey of anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists at client practices.

Conway, S.C.-based Atlantic Coast Pain Specialists plans to move to a more than 5,000-square-foot building in the coming months, myhorrynews.com reports.

Anesthesiologists, emergency medicine and ophthalmology physicians face the highest risk of contracting COVID-19, suggests new data explained by Medscape.

Average annual compensation for anesthesiology specialists is $398,000, making them the ninth highest-paid specialty, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2020."

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia partnered with Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital to absorb the practice's anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Ruth Waterman, MD, was named chair of the anesthesia department at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health, according to a May 7 announcement.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American College of Healthcare Executives are hosting a joint webinar May 7.

Healthcare groups can safely restart elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic by evaluating community preparedness and prioritizing certain cases, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired American Anesthesiology May 6.