Recent content by siednarb

Just to update the little I know - the president of Corewell East (formerly Beaumont) was let go after only 13 months - rumor has it that Corewell is begging Northstar to not leave on 12/31 - the CRNAs jointed the Teamsters but Corewell again reportedly not recognizing the union efforts. The...

All but the Farmington location which used to be Botsford (DO hospital once upon a time) that group is still private and was also not part of Northstar I'm told they are leaving them alone as well with the Corewell employment model

I don't disagree with you - but practically it's just not going to happen the group that exists today is not the same that existed back when it was a private group it's a hodgepodge of maybe 5-8% of the former group - the rest being relatively new graduates, locums, etc... Put 3 docs in a...

Sorry for the bad grammar - I created this thread on my iPhone with gloved hands placing an a-line in an ECMO patient 😜 so my typing was not very accurate And yes meant to type Vasc not Vac and yes case was only partially dismissed - there is a trial date scheduled for 2024

Apparently there is a vascular surgeon out in Utah who filed a federal lawsuit against 5 anesthesiologists for using their phone and laptops in the OR during cases - anyone out there in Utah know anything about this? From the Federal brief: "Dr. Debenham disputed a power bill over the phone...

The issue with Corewell East (to my knowledge Corewell West - ie Spectrum - will remain with their private practice group - also reimbursement in MI is much better on the west side of the state) - but regarding Corewell East (what was Beaumont) that private group sold out to Median 8 years ago...

HB 4359 passed out of the full senate 31-4 after several last minute amendments were made to the bill It's still a horrible bill It was made less worse to make the legislators able to sleep at night with a false sense of security *The words "sole and independent" were removed to describe a...

sent to me by some Beaumont docs Dear Physician Colleagues, As you saw in a note from Adam and the press release this morning, Randy Moore, the current CEO of the AANA, will join NorthStar as our new Chief Anesthetist Officer. Randy will not officially start with NorthStar until early...

Zoom in on the name plate on his desk in the background

Sadly - but not unexpectedly - the Senate Health Policy Committee approved HB 4359 for CRNA "independence" by a vote of 7-3. They did pass a slightly modified bill which requires a CRNA to have 3 years of experience OR a "doctorate" degree (which they all soon will be graduating with as we know...

The Michigan Senate Committee held hearings over 2 days (held 2 weeks apart) on Thursday May 20 and Thursday May 27th. The second of the two dates included excellent testimony - most notably from an OR circulating nurse who made very compelling points about her personal experience watching both...

HB 4359 in Michigan already passed the house - the State Senate Health Policy committee is going to be having a hearing on the bill on Thursday 5/20 Consider going to MIsafecare.com and letting your state senator know about your opposition - consider sharing with friends and family if you have...

Thanks for making me feel old as hell (though I'm 'only' in my 40s) - I joined SDN when I started medical school in 2000 We were also good about protecting ourselves and still are - and also during the first wave none of us got sick - but the numbers are just exponential now in our area and we...

Wondering what all the groups, especially PP groups, are doing if/when a physician anesthesiologist tests COVID+ Are they staying home 10-14 days? Less? Coming back to work after X days symptom/fever free? If missing work, are they docked PTO time? financial hit in some other capacity? work an...

Thank you for all the feedback - while I am not often on this forum as I once was - I appreciate being able to come back to it from time to time and to see and hear from fellow anesthesiologists. To try and answer some of the questions that were posed: We have a care team model, in our state...