Spine surgeon Thomas Schuler, MD, is CEO of the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, which he founded in 1992. He has a special interest in treating patients with cervical and lumbar spinal disorders. During his career, he has worked with…
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced the results of a national study, conducted in part at the institution, reveal that flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces deaths attributable to colorectal cancer, according to a news release.
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The rate of registration by eligible professionals for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record incentive programs has dropped for the second straight month, according to a CMS report (pdf).
California physicians are set to receive more than $7 million in incentive payments for completing the first steps toward achieving meaningful use of electronic health records, according to a report by the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, a…
Interventional Management Services, an ambulatory surgery center management and development company based in Atlanta, this week announced the acquisition of two area pain management practices: East Georgia Pain Management Center in Covington and Pain Management of the South in Atlanta.
The antidepressant drug Cymbalta can help relieve pain in patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a new study reported in Medical Daily.
Cannabinoid therapy helps provide effective relief for cancer patients with pain that responded poorly to opioids, according to results of a trial reported in The Journal of Pain.
A recent poll of 50,000 specialists and primary care physicians found that 56 percent are concerned about the pending Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Hospitals are taking note too, uncertain how CMS will implement the Sunshine Act, which requires pharmaceutical, medical…