1. Dr. Scott Glaser: 5 Procedures Pain Management Physicians Need to Do in 2012.                      

2. Orthopedic & Spine Institute in Texas Adds Chronic Pain Management.

3. KY Senate Panel May Vote on Bill to Regulate Pain Clinics Soon.   

4. The 2012 Payroll Tax-SGR Bill: What it Means for Physicians and ASCs.            

5. Come see 134 speakers, including key notes Lou Holtz, Tucker Carlson and Sam Donaldson at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 14-16). To learn more and register, .        

6. First Texas Patient Receives Stronger Spinal Lead for Chronic Pain.   

7. Aesculap Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Osseoflex Therapeutics.   

8. Pain Physicians: What is your reaction to a recent report on epidural steroid injections?

Dr. Marc E. Lymch (Calif.): There have been a lot of changes in the way we deliver steroid injections over the past 10-15 years.

Dr. Robert DeMeo (Fla.): I think when Medicare and other carriers have made an effort to take procedures outside the ASC and hospital setting to the office they remove quality control and peer-to-peer credentialling.

Dr. Sudhir Vaidya (N.Y.): Epidural steroid is not without risk and the benefits are only for the short term. 

For full responses and next week's question, .

9. 10 Surgery Centers Recently Developed or Planned.   

10. 5 Hospital and Health System CEOs: What "Top Performance" Looks Like to Me.