ASA Applauds Court's Dismissal of AANA's Complaint Against HHS

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) applauds the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which recently granted a motion of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to dismiss an AANA’s complaint. ASA had submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief supporting HHS.

In its brief, ASA offered the perspective of anesthesiologists and corrected numerous erroneous, blanket assertions in the AANA’s complaint, in which it contended there are no differences between anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs).

ASA’s brief explained that “These generalizations that the practice of nurse anesthetists is the same as that of anesthesiologists are, as a matter of law, incorrect.”

Read ASA’s press release.