John Prunskis, MD, is one of 29 members in the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, which aims to identify gaps in pain management to tackle the opioid crisis, the Daily Herald reports.
Practice Management
A retrospective cohort study in Spine identified trends in University at Buffalo (N.Y.) Neurosurgery's spinal procedure reimbursement rates since 2010.
Here are 28 new spine or orthopedic practices that opened so far in 2018.
NeuroPoint Alliance welcomed Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain and Spine to its Quality Outcomes Database Spine program.
South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health cut the ribbon on its new $15 million orthopedic center, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
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Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minn., plans to develop a new outpatient clinic with a focus on orthopedics and pain management, according to the Brainerd Dispatch.
Nine specialists from Oklahoma City-based Southwest Orthopaedics agreed to pay $670,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations they submitted false claims to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare, NewsOK reported.
Tulsa (Okla.) Bone & Joint Associates opened a new clinic in Sand Springs, Okla., according to the Sand Springs Leader.
Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina is looking to hire a new vice president of information technology, according to the Charlotte Agenda.
Wichita, Kan.-based Advanced Orthopaedic Associates will open an orthopedic clinic at El Dorado, Kan.-based Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital later in July, according to the Butler Country Times Gazette.