Rural anesthesia access is an economic problem, not a scope-of-practice problem

In an August 17 Becker’s editorial, Bill Bruce, representing the nurse anesthetist trade association, argued that a governor’s decision to exempt a state from Medicare’s physician-supervision requirement for nurse anesthetists — a policy known as opt-out — improves rural anesthesia access. The evidence says otherwise: opt-out does not create access, removing physician involvement can expose […] The post Rural anesthesia access is an economic problem, not a scope-of-practice problem appeare...