Becker's Healthcare November 21, 2025
The ongoing anesthesia provider shortage is a major hurdle for ASC leaders, who are trying to balance workforce demands with soaring operational costs and declining reimbursement rates.
Here is what five leaders have recently told Becker’s about their perspective on the anesthesia provider shortage:
1. Bruce Feldman, former administrator of Eastern Orange Ambulatory Surgery Center (Cornwall, N.Y.): “We live in a world today where you have to be creative and strategic,” he told Becker’s while discussing a new method of managing operating room block times and anesthesia payment. “The old days of just paying anesthesia stipends don’t solve the problem anymore, especially as the acuity level of ASC cases increases.”
2. Les Jebson. Administrator of Prisma Health Orthopedics & Sports...
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