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Are you insane? A pain doc has 13 years of education. 4-BS, 4-MD, 4-residency (neurology, anesthesiology, or PMR), and 1 -pain fellowship. CRNA has 7 years of education: 4-BSN, 3 MSN. The one year of ICU you are actually WORKING AT 100% ICU PAY, thus does not count. Actually you have 54% of the education they have.

Thanks paindoc for providing hardcore evidence on a statement I made on another thread. These inflated salaries are totally ridiculous for the level of training. As soon as Medicare and other private insurers adjust the payscale for nurse anesthesia, the party is over. And it WILL HAPPEN

If anesthesia is viewed as nursing, of course thay are going to pay you like a nurse. All the private insurers would love to cut payments. The nursing issue is a big excuse for them. It does not make sense that a CRNA is making more money than the surgeon she is working with.

You have your facts all mixed up. You don't seem to understand that license and Board certification are different things. EVERY MD HAS to renew ther physician's license every 2-3 years, depending on the state. They need 40 to 60 CME hours to renew their license. Board certification (very different from license) expires every 10 years if the original was taken after year 2000. For those who were Board certified before 2000, their certification does not expire.

That is not true. So much for your "facts". MD's have to renew their license every 2-3 years and are usually asked to complete between 40 to 60 credit hours. On top of that their board certification (after year 2000) expires every 10 years. For more info check you local state licensing board and theaba.org