The first surgery has been performed at Norton Hospital's St. Matthew's Pediatric Surgery Center at Suburban in Louisville, Ky., according to a WHAS11 report.
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Arya Nick Shamie, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at University of California Los Angeles Health System. He is affiliated with the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica (Calif.). He is also an assistant professor of…
This week, CMS issued its annual Medicare Recovery Auditor report (pdf) to Congress, confirming that recovery audit contractors collected $797.4 million in overpayments from hospitals and other providers and repaid $141.9 million in underpayments in fiscal year 2011.
Arnold Feldman, MD, founder of The Feldman Institute in Baton Rouge, La., was originally trained as an anesthesiologist 30 years ago and treated many failed back surgery patients in his office. After an injury left him with chronic back pain,…
Here are 10 spine surgeons who were recently recognized or achieved notable accomplishments. If you would like to submit a spine surgeon recognition or accomplishment to our publication, please contact Heather at hlinder@beckershealthcare.com.
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According to PhysEmp.com, a physician job board, is seeing an increase in numbers of qualified physicians using the site and applying to pain management jobs in the last three months.
Kailash Chandwani, MD, an interventional pain physician, has joined the medical staff of Southeastern Health in Lumberton, N.C., and will provide care at Southeastern Pain Management Clinic in Lumberton, according to a WBTW News 13 report.
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced a bill to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax, according to the Minnesota Post.
Robert Watkins, MD, performed a successful microscopic lumbar discectomy surgery for lumbar disc herniation on Shaun Cody, defensive tackle for the Houston Texans.