TSA Member Alerts

TSA provides CME programs; advocates at the legislative, regulatory and legal arenas; and through its representation at the ASA, TMA, and AMA, it insures that TSA’s voice is heard at the state and national levels.

Posted 03/2023

The TSA is a voluntary, non-profit association of over 3,800 members interested in the medical specialty of Anesthesiology and it is a component of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Posted 07/2022

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve patient care.

Posted 01/2022

The Pediatric CV Anesthesia Fellowship at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is now Texas Medical Board

Posted 01/2021

The recent outbreak of respiratory illness, first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, is caused by a newly detected

Posted 03/2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning of shortages of at least one drug as the spread of the

Posted 03/2020

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) has agreed to repay consumers after a Texas Department of Insurance review found

Posted 03/2020

On March 21, VDP changed the preferred drug list status of certain 
Albuterol products from non-preferred to preferred. This is

Posted 03/2020

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has acted unilaterally to replace physician anesthesiologists with nurse anesthetists in VA facilities. Please

Posted 02/2020

A new national survey from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) finds physician anesthesiologists are being forced out of network

Posted 01/2020

New centralized database required by the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act

Posted 10/2019

Joint Statement from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, and

Posted 08/2019

Anesthesiologists face an unprecedented number of drug shortages. For physician anesthesiologists, drug shortages directly impact patient safety and care. Having

Posted 10/2018

The Texas Medical Board has updated their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section of their website with a question on physician delegation of

Posted 03/2018

The Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care Maternal Safety Bundles

Posted 01/2018