The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled last week in favor of Gov. John Hickenlooper in a lawsuit filed by the Colorado Medical Society and the Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists. The two groups were trying to overturn a Denver District Court’s dismissal of their lawsuit over delivery of anesthesia to Medicare patients.
At the heart of the lawsuit was whether or not to allow certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to administer anesthesia without a physician’s supervision. Read more here.
