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SullivanCotter Report Highlights Dynamic Market for Advanced Practice Providers as Health Care Organizations Address Ongoing Pandemic Impact

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

CHICAGO , Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SullivanCotter, the nation's leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of total rewards programs, workforce solutions, and data products for health care and not-for-profits, has released the findings from its 2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey.  

Key Points: 
  • Many organizations are experiencing CRNA recruitment and retention challenges, and this is expected to continue during the next three to five years.
  • "The demand for CRNAs continues to outpace supply, requiring health care organizations to reevaluate their CRNA recruitment and retention strategies in order to ensure effective and sustainable staffing and coverage.
  • SullivanCotter's 2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey provides critical benchmarking data on compensation levels and pay practices.
  • SullivanCotter partners with health care and other not-for-profit organizations to understand what drives performance and improve outcomes through the development and implementation of integrated workforce strategies.

AANA recognized as a winner of Modern Healthcare's 2022 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Healthcare recently selected the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology(AANA) asa winner of its 2022 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards.

Key Points: 
  • ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Healthcare recently selected the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology(AANA) asa winner of its 2022 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards.
  • "Marketing has become so much more than a billboard, a few well-placed flyers and key sponsorships of community events," said Mary Ellen Podmolik, editor of Modern Healthcare.
  • "This year's winners of the Marketing Impact Awards excelled at finding creative ways to cut through the noise with messaging that was personal, educational, and frequently, a call to action.
  • The Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards program recognizes outstanding marketing, advertising, and communication campaigns across all media platforms that advance the goals of healthcare organizations and promote individual and community health.

Members of Congress Call for CRNA Full Practice Authority Approval In VA

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Monday, October 31, 2022

ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To expand access to safe, high-quality anesthesia services to veterans, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-D) along with 12 Congressional colleagues requested that Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) be granted full practice authority permanently across U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.

Key Points: 
  • In a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, Underwood said,"It is more important than ever that VA ensures CRNAs can practice to the full extent of their education and training.
  • Therefore, we urge VA to swiftly complete the Department's National Standards of Practice development process for CRNAs and grant full practice authority to these healthcare professionals who provide essential healthcare services to veterans in communities across the United States every day."
  • "AANA applauds Rep. Underwood and her congressional colleagues for leadership and support of these issues impacting the healthcare our veterans receive," said AANA President Angela R. Mund, DNP, CRNA.
  • Given the widely-reported anesthesiology staffing shortages at the VA, it is more important than ever for veterans' access to healthcare that VA ensures CRNAs can practice to the full extent of their education and training."

Alumni Staffing Announces Strategic Hire - VMS and Banking Executive Karl Lau

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Alumni Staffing LLC, a Top 25 Locum Tenens healthcare staffing agency, announced today that Karl Lau has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer.

Key Points: 
  • Alumni Staffing LLC, a Top 25 Locum Tenens healthcare staffing agency, announced today that Karl Lau has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221011005015/en/
    Karl is an accomplished finance and healthcare industry executive, with extensive experience in vendor management systems and healthcare staffing technology.
  • Between his healthcare technology experience and banking background, he is the perfect complement to our executive team, said John Pannucci, Chief Executive Officer of Alumni Staffing.
  • Alumni Staffing is a premier nationwide locum tenens staffing company focused on staffing traditional on-site and virtual physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and CRNAs.

Newly Launched Resource, Anesthesia OnCall, Eliminates Talent Gaps in Critical Anesthesiology Industry

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Friday, August 12, 2022

Backed by deep industry experience, Anesthesia OnCall provides indispensable, personalized service to anesthesia clinicians and healthcare organizations across the U.S.

Key Points: 
  • Backed by deep industry experience, Anesthesia OnCall provides indispensable, personalized service to anesthesia clinicians and healthcare organizations across the U.S.
  • The company eliminates talent gaps by connecting locum tenens anesthesiologists and CRNAs with healthcare facilities, providing them with a dedicated resource to help attain optimal staffing levels and support best-in-class clinical care.
  • Anesthesia OnCall was created with the desire to make it easier, more efficient and cost-effective for healthcare organizations to locate and deploy locum tenens and CRNAs.
  • This rebound, coupled with a decades-long labor shortage of anesthesia clinicians, has created a tsunami of demand for anesthesiologists and CRNAs.

Veterans Organizations Call on Congress, VA to Reduce Surgical Wait Times in VA Facilities

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Veterans Need Care Now, a grassroots coalition committed to reducing surgical wait times in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, released the results of a new survey of voters and veteran households that found veterans and their families continue to experience critical health care delays at VA facilities. The coalition, comprised of veteran and health care provider organizations, is urging the VA to take urgent action to ensure that veterans have timely access to surgical care in the VA healthcare system.  

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Veterans Need Care Now, a grassroots coalition committed to reducing surgical wait times in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, released the results of a new survey of voters and veteran households that found veterans and their families continue to experience critical health care delays at VA facilities.
  • The coalition, comprised of veteran and health care provider organizations, is urging the VA to take urgent action to ensure that veterans have timely access to surgical care in the VA healthcare system.
  • "Our veterans are enduring dangerously long wait times for anesthesia and other care much of it due to the chronic underutilization of CRNAs in VA facilities.
  • VNCN is a national coalition comprised of veterans service organizations and the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology whose mission is to reduce surgical wait times in the Veterans Health Administration and advocate for the urgent health care needs of the nation's 9 million veterans enrolled in the VA, America's largest integrated health system.

Block Buddy Pro App Offers CRNA Student Discount Program

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

CLEVELAND, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Block Buddy Pro, the mobile app that serves as the ultimate resource for nerve block education, has announced a Student Discount for CRNAs. The creators of the app recognize the rising inflation rates and college tuition rates, and want to offer a deal to help CRNA students. To help students, they are offering a two-year subscription to Block Buddy Pro for the price of one year! CRNA Program Directors or Faculty Members may contact [email protected] to claim this deal for their entire program.

Key Points: 
  • Block Buddy Pro, the mobile app that serves as the ultimate resource for nerve block education, has announced a Student Discount for CRNAs.
  • CRNA Program Directors or Faculty Members may contact Block Buddy Pro to claim this deal for their entire program.
  • CLEVELAND, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Block Buddy Pro, the mobile app that serves as the ultimate resource for nerve block education, has announced a Student Discount for CRNAs.
  • A Program Director or Faculty member just needs to send Block Buddy Pro the name of their program and the total number of students in the program to which the discount will be given.

NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA EXPANDS WITHIN REGIONAL SYSTEM TO SERVICE ASCENSION ALEXIAN BROTHERS

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

IRVING, Texas, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --NorthStar Anesthesia, an industry leader in providing modernized anesthesia care for nearly two decades, has announced a new partnership with Ascension Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

Key Points: 
  • IRVING, Texas, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --NorthStar Anesthesia, an industry leader in providing modernized anesthesia care for nearly two decades, has announced a new partnership with Ascension Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
  • NorthStar transitioned to provide anesthesia care in April as part of an expansion within the regional health system.
  • "Ascension Alexian Brothers is a top destination for complex cardiovascular and pulmonary care, as well as cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, and critical care.
  • "Our teams are very excited to work with NorthStar and continue their existing partnership with Ascension," said Dan Doherty, CEO of Ascension Alexian Brothers.

Synergy Health Partners Acquires SoCal Anesthesia Solutions, Inc.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

SAN DIEGO, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergy Health Partners, a leading hospital services company that improves access to patient care through innovative and custom orthopedic and general surgeon staffing programs, today announced the acquisition of SoCal Anesthesia Solutions, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Key Points: 
  • With Synergy's operational support, the SoCal team will continue to serve existing hospital partners while expanding anesthesia programs across the United States.
  • So naturally, we sought out a leading provider of anesthesia services that shared our clinician-first philosophy," says Dan Siegel, chief executive officer, Synergy Health Partners.
  • According to Rindenau, "Our team is proud to partner with Synergy Health Partners on their mission to address the dire clinician shortage facing our healthcare system.
  • As a clinician-first organization, Synergy Health Partners is dedicated to solving some of the biggest challenges faced by hospitals today, with custom staffing programs in surgery, anesthesia, emergency medicine and on-call provider management.

NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICES FOR CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL HEALTHCARE

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

IRVING, Texas, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthStar Anesthesia, an industry leader in providing modernized anesthesia care for nearly two decades, has announced new services for Chesapeake Regional Healthcare in Virginia, working with Chesapeake Regional Hospital and the Surgery Center of Chesapeake.

Key Points: 
  • IRVING, Texas, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthStar Anesthesia, an industry leader in providing modernized anesthesia care for nearly two decades, has announced new services for Chesapeake Regional Healthcare in Virginia, working with Chesapeake Regional Hospital and the Surgery Center of Chesapeake.
  • Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is an independent healthcare system based in Chesapeake, Virginia with a focus on technologically advanced, compassionate care.
  • NorthStar transitioned to provide anesthesia services at Chesapeake Regional Hospital and the Surgery Center of Chesapeake on February 20, 2022.
  • "At Chesapeake, we're constantly evolving and expanding the breadth of our services for the community," said Reese Jackson, President and CEO at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare.