When President Barack Obama implemented a massive overhaul of U.S. healthcare in 2010 through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it was a moment of change that had not been seen for almost two decades.
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The Pain Center of Arizona in Phoenix announced that it was voted the Number 1 pain management practice in Arizona by Ranking Arizona, the result of one of the largest business opinion polls taken in Arizona, conducted by AZ Business…
CMS recently added a new web resource for eligible professionals, called "My EHR Participation Timeline," to its EHR Incentive Programs website.
Claude T. Moorman III, MD, team physician for Duke Athletics and director of Duke Sports Medicine in Durham, N.C., performed knee surgery on freshman linebacker Dominic McDonald, according to a report from The Devils Den.
Dan Cooper, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and team orthopedic surgeon for the Dallas Cowboys, has received the Jerry "Hawk" Rhea Award given to outstanding NFL team physicians, according to an ESPN report.
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The Indiana Senate has passed legislation that is aimed at regulating pain clinics and prescriptions of large amounts of pain medication, according to a Courier-Journal report.
Blue Ridge Bone & Joint in Asheville, N.C., announced that Gordon I. Groh, MD, has been named to the Shoulder and Elbow Program Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, an educational body of national and international orthopedic surgeons.
Just 60 percent of physicians are willing to participate in an accountable care arrangement, leaving 40 percent still unwilling to participate, according to a recent survey conducted by LocumTenens.com, a physician staffing firm.
If passed, a Utah bill would alter the process by which medical providers are summoned to appear before a pre-litigation panel in medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
A report called "January 2013: PSO Deep Dive on Health Information Technology-Related (HIT) Safety Events," by the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization, a non-profit organization dedicated to applied scientific research in healthcare, identified five potential HIT-related problem areas with regard…