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Subject: [Becker's Pain Management] 5 Points on Providing Better Pain Care | GAO Report: Medicare Prescription Drug Abuse | McGill University Pain Center to Conduct Big Pain Study | Dr. Jay Joshi: How to Lower Healthcare Spending on Back Pain |
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News & Analysis
Oct. 10, 2011
 

1. 5 Points on Providing Better Pain Patient Care.

      
2. GAO Report Reveals Medicare Prescription Drug Abuse.      

 

3. 6 Things to Know About Opioid Use and Abuse.   

 

4. Fewer than 100 Spots Remain for the Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference: The 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference --Improving Profitably and Business and Legal Issues, Oct. 27-29, Chicago. Features Keynote Speakers Bill Walton, Hall of Fame NBA Basketball Player; Sam Donaldson, ABC News Veteran and former Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News; and Adrian Gostick, Author and Global Thought Leader on Workplace Strategy. To learn more and register, .   

 

5. Current and Future State of Surgery Center Pain Management: Q&A With Amy Mowles of Mowles Medical Practice Management.   

 

6. Chronic Pain and Prescription Drug Abuse Cost U.S. More Than $323B a Year.          

 

7. Pain Clinic Operators Turn to Pharmacies as Sources of Revenue.          

 

8. McGill University Pain Center Undertakes Largest Chronic Pain Study.  

 

9. Dr. Jay Joshi: Lower Healthcare Spending on Back Pain by Using MRI Appropriately.  

 

10. HMO Targets Overprescription of Opioids.                      

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3. Physician-Hospital Joint Ventures: How to Resolve Conflict and Keep the Venture Thriving - Dawn McLane, Regional VP, Health Inventures, Tom Yerden, CEO, TRY Healthcare Solutions   

 

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5. Determining the Exact Cost of a Procedure - Terry Woodback, CEO, Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital  

 

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info@ISASS.org
www.isass.org

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