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Pain management education in medical schools is "limited and fragmentary," according to a Journal of Pain study reported in Pain Medicine News.
Paula Dhanda, MD, and her husband John Clarke, CRNA, owners of Specialty Care and Surgery Center in Kelseyville, Calif., say ASCs are in jeopardy due to declining reimbursements, according to a Record-Bee report.
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston recently notified 6,831 patients that their billing information may have been compromised, after an individual found receipts for payments made by five patients at the hospital's surgical day center blowing through a nearby field,…
Recent budget cuts may decrease the effectiveness of California's prescription drug database, a longtime tool for pain management physicians to curb prescription drug abuse, according to an NPR report.
The extension of the ICD-10 implementation deadline may not mean much for healthcare providers, according to an ICD 10 Watch editorial.
Philip G. Ploska, MD, is a spine surgeon at Resurgens Orthopaedics and practices at the Griffin and Henry, Ga., office locations. He has a special interest in arthroscopic surgery and disorders of the spine. He performs minimally invasive spine surgery,…
Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, a member of Raleigh-based UNC Health Care, have announced they will break ground on a new joint-venture orthopedic surgery center on April 12, according to a news release.
Thompson Health, based in Canandaigua, N.Y., has announced its F.F. Thompson Hospital has opened a new surgery center on the main Thompson Health campus in Canandaigua, according to a news release.
The Arthritis Foundation recently presented Robert P. Good, MD, with the Sir John Charnley Award to recognize excellence and achievement in the field of orthopedics.