I see this misunderstood in academia all over the place. "Opt out" states for CRNA's only applies to medicare reimbursement.
To be clear, CRNA's can and DO practice independently in every state already. They are usually picking the low-lying and lucrative fruit at surgery centers, plastic surgery offices, and Labor and Delivery hospitals. Usually, they are employed by other doctors who skim off the top of their services.
They are more than happy to continue to do the easy, 7-3pm office-based, lucrative anesthesia, while we fight over medicare/medicaid scraps on AAA and and SBO patients. Many of them make well over 200k and havent' worked a night/weekend/holiday since school.
To be clear, CRNA's can and DO practice independently in every state already. They are usually picking the low-lying and lucrative fruit at surgery centers, plastic surgery offices, and Labor and Delivery hospitals. Usually, they are employed by other doctors who skim off the top of their services.
They are more than happy to continue to do the easy, 7-3pm office-based, lucrative anesthesia, while we fight over medicare/medicaid scraps on AAA and and SBO patients. Many of them make well over 200k and havent' worked a night/weekend/holiday since school.