Paying for General Anesthesia
Nation's Largest Insurer Won't Pay for Anesthesia Providers in Routine Colonoscopies
WellPoint, the nation's largest healthcare insurer, will no longer pay for the costs of an anesthesiologist in conjunction with endoscopies, a move the American College of Gastroenterology says would block physicians from administering general anesthetics such as propofol to patients undergoing the procedures.
