The federal government has increased scrutiny of Arizona health insurance companies, as regulators target companies for "unreasonable" rate increases and pledge to review proposed rate increases for 32 health insurance plans, according to a Tucson Citizen report.
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Five pain management physicians discuss whether an accountable care organization arrangement might be in their future.
A bill introduced in the Kentucky House would prohibit pain clinics from accepting cash payments and require patients to present a government-issued photo ID before receiving services, according to a Courier Journal report.
In his new book, The Opiate Cure, Robert T. Cochran Jr., MD, writes that psychiatric illnesses falling in the bipolar spectrum can be managed and even cured by opiates, according to a news release.
Health information exchange is becoming increasingly more important as a higher percentage of hospitals attests to meaningful use of electronic health records and begins to prepare for meaningful use stage 2. By connecting healthcare providers across a range of locations,…
Physician employment has grown by 32 percent over the past 10 years. Hospitals today are employing roughly 212,000 physicians — or 20 percent of the practicing physician workforce — according to the AHA Hospital Statistics 2012 Edition.
Four orthopedic surgeons discuss the biggest challenges and opportunities for orthopedic surgeons heading into 2012.
VG Innovations released the VerteLoc v2.5, an implant that incorporates a series of holes for infusion of the allograft implant interface during spine surgery, according to a company news release.
A study recently published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine identified factors that can increase the risk of revision surgery following autologous chrondrocyte implantation.
Zyga Technology, a Minneapolis-based spine device company, recently named Jim Bullock president and CEO, according to a company news release.