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The Center for Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (CAPE) has been established to implement a forward-looking, proactive economic advocacy agenda.
The SafeHaven Program assures confidential well-being services, counseling, coaching, and more for you and your family.
ASA Insurance is now available, offering tailored personal and professional coverage administered by USI Affinity.
Anesthesiology® Open, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, now expands opportunities for scientific exchange.
Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality, a special edition of the ASA Monitor focusing on the impact anesthesiology has on a patient's life beyond the day of surgery.
Six new quality measures are now being supported for CMS QPP quality reporting and internal improvement measures.
Expanded coding and billing resources help members receive fair payment.
An AI-enabled coding tool, HankAI, is being tested to improve coding accuracy, reduce compliance risk, and help anesthesia practices recover missed revenue. The goal is to automate the pre-bill coding process to help you navigate today’s complex payment landscape.
Enhanced NACOR and a new Anesthesia Community Registry, powered by Epic are underway to make it easier to access meaningful data, streamline reporting, and improve quality patient care.
An Optimal Resources for Anesthesia Care (ORAC) test pilot is underway, with the aim of elevating patient safety, efficiency, and patient-centered care in non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) locations.
Leveraging Data for Quality Improvement Initiatives CME was introduced to support mapping out and completing a QI plan.
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Moved forward on Medicare payment reform
Co-led coalition that won 2.5% 2026 Medicare payment update.
Stopped AANA initiatives
Defeated nearly 20 state bills threatening anesthesiologist-led care—ASA prevailed or improved almost every proposal.
Thwarted (to date) the VA’s decade-long push to remove anesthesiologists from care teams—10+ years of success and counting.
Defeated dangerous APRN Compact legislation in all five states where it was introduced.
Prevented non-physician independent pain medicine practice in Oklahoma.
Banned medical title misappropriation by non-physicians with passage of new title protection laws in West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Strengthened the Anesthesia Care Team through CAA Licensure
Won new CAA licensure laws in Tennessee and Virginia.
Secured expanded supervision ratios in South Carolina.
Took on big insurance—and won
First national medical specialty organization to actively lobby for the reallocation of Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments to fund reforms to the Medicare physician payment system.
Supported a U.S. House Ways and Means oversight hearing scrutinizing MA plan behavior, building on ASA’s Hill Day priorities.
Defeated Anthem BCBS’s arbitrary anesthesia time limit policy, sparking nine state bills to ban time caps—four governors signed them into law.
Improved patient access and safety
Supported ability of anesthesiologists to bill CDT codes for dental anesthesia under Medicaid—expanding care for vulnerable patients.
Secured historic funding wins
Protected $50 million annually for the anesthesia teaching rule fix—delivering $750 million exclusively to anesthesiology training programs by end of 2025.
Countered proposed NIH cuts.
Newly issued recommendations:
Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery
Guidance on the Safe Use of Ketamine Outside of Acute Pain Management and Procedural Sedation
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A Digital Standards Platform was created in collaboration with C8 Health provides clinicians easy access to standards, guidelines, and statements.
The ASA House of Delegates met at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025 and approved nine new statements and practice guidelines and revised and approved 11 existing statements. These decisions shape our professional policy, clinical practice, and strategic direction.
New Statements Approved at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2025
Statement on Adverse Event Analysis (Committee on Patient Safety and Education, 407-2)
Statement on Antenatal Anesthesiology Consultation (Committee on Obstetric Anesthesia, 526-3)
Revised Statements Approved at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2025
Statement on Anesthesiologist-Led Care (Committee on Anesthesia Care Team, 357-3)
Principles for the Ethical Practice of Anesthesiology (Committee on Ethics, 406-3)
Basic Standards for Preanesthetic Care (Committee on Practice Parameters, 409-2)
Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring (Committee on Practice Parameters, 409-2)
Statement on Distractions (Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration, 411-1)
Statement on the ASA Physical Status Classification System (Committee on Economics, 427-1)
Statement on the Practice of Pain Medicine (Committee on Pain Medicine, 527-1)
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Date of last update: December 18, 2025
You do not have to make a payment at this time, but you can reach out to your practice/group leader to find out when they plan to pay your dues. Email or call the ASA Support team for assistance: (630) 912-2552 or [email protected].
