Press release

Asheville Anesthesia Associates has been recognized by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) for its “Superior Performance” compared with similar medical groups nationwide. The MGMA award is given to medical practices that have demonstrated superior performance in cost management, productivity, capacity and staffing, and patient satisfaction. This is the second consecutive year that Asheville Anesthesia has received this award. The MGMA’s Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups report has been the nationally recognized benchmarking standard among medical groups for more than a decade.

“Our practice is dedicated to providing the highest quality of anesthesia services to the people of Western North Carolina,” said Dr. Rodney Pugh, President and Chair of Asheville Anesthesia Associates. “This MGMA award recognizes the efforts of our staff and our practice’s commitment to the patients, hospitals and surgical facilities that we serve.”

Asheville Anesthesia has served Western North Carolina for over 40 years and provides anesthesia and perioperative management services to area hospitals and surgery centers throughout the region. MGMA member medical practices represent more than 40 percent of the physicians providing healthcare services in the United States.