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The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued a special fraud alert focused on specific attributes of physician-owned distributorships the agency believes "produce substantial fraud and abuse risk and pose dangers to patient safety."

A research letter, published online in JAMA Internal Medicine, states that in a study of 1,000 requests for MRIs of the lumbar spine, nearly half were ordered for indications considered inappropriate or of uncertain value, according to a Medscape Today…

Jim Kyle, MD, the team physician of Concord University in Athens, W.Va., recently discussed the importance of implementing a medical timeout at sporting events, according to a Bluefield Daily Telegraph report.  

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Dr. Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and Director of MUSC Sports Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Orthopedic surgeons are increasingly performing arthroscopic surgeries of the hip…

Dr. Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and Director of MUSC Sports Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Articular cartilage damage is one of the most challenging injuries…

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