Proposal looks into changing model of care for veterans

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There is a proposed change over how veterans get anesthesia if they need surgery.

The Department of Veterans Affairs current system includes a doctor working with an anesthetist nurse to provide anesthesia care. It's been like that for decades, but it varies by state and VA officials want to know if a National Standard of Care would better care for veterans.

“What's being proposed is to remove the physician from that team. So, that it would be a nurse anesthetist...