Fighting big insurance policies that put profits over patients.
ASA is committed to the fight against private insurance companies that propose policies threatening anesthesiologists’ expertise and livelihood:
Protected commercial payments: Secured prohibition on insurers limiting payment for anesthesia time in four new state laws in Oklahoma, Maryland, Connecticut, and Illinois.
Protected patient access to opioid free pain relief: Leading effort to reverse Local Carrier Determination (LCD) for Peripheral Nerve Blocks (PNBs) and Procedures for Chronic Pain that classifies procedures as “experimental and investigational.”
Learn more about our payment advocacy
Date of last update: March 3, 2026