“Anesthesia and surgery are inherently dangerous for anyone, and VA patients often have poorer health status, such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, coronary and peripheral vascular disease, renal failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,” Dr. Harter will testify that VA already addressed this issue and made the right decision in their multi-year 2016 rulemaking when they prioritized the needs of Veterans and maintained the physician-led anesthesia care team model - the most common model of anesthesia care in the country. VA has the right policy in place right now and we need the Subcommittee to continue to support it.” The issue is what is best for the health and well-being of our nation’s Veterans, including the new PACT Act Veterans. “This issue is not about what ASA wants or even what the VA Office of Nursing Services wants. “ASA is committed to Veterans and knows that the physician-led anesthesia care team model serves Veterans best,” Dr. Harter, M.D., FASA, will deliver the testimony and outline key facts and evidence illustrating how Veterans’ health is best served by the VA’s existing, proven physician-nurse anesthesia team-based model of care - a model used in the nation’s top hospitals. The nurses' proposal would lower the standard of care for Veterans by dismantling the team-based model of anesthesia care and move VA to a rarely used nurse-only model.ĪSA President-Elect Ronald L.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Nursing Services’ proposal to remove physician anesthesiologists from the surgical care of Veterans. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) will testify tomorrow before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Oversight and urge Congress to block a U.S.
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