The first surgery has been performed at Norton Hospital's St. Matthew's Pediatric Surgery Center at Suburban in Louisville, Ky., according to a WHAS11 report.
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This week, CMS issued its annual Medicare Recovery Auditor report (pdf) to Congress, confirming that recovery audit contractors collected $797.4 million in overpayments from hospitals and other providers and repaid $141.9 million in underpayments in fiscal year 2011.
Here are 20 statistics on patient visits to physician offices for key ambulatory surgery center specialties, based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2012.
According to PhysEmp.com, a physician job board, is seeing an increase in numbers of qualified physicians using the site and applying to pain management jobs in the last three months.
Kailash Chandwani, MD, an interventional pain physician, has joined the medical staff of Southeastern Health in Lumberton, N.C., and will provide care at Southeastern Pain Management Clinic in Lumberton, according to a WBTW News 13 report.
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Austin Peavy State University Athletics Hall of Fame recently inducted orthopedic surgeon Cooper Beazley, MD, according to a Clarkesville Online report.
Milwaukee Brewers team physician William Raasch, MD, performed knee surgery on pitcher Eric Arnett, according to a Journal Sentinel report.
James Andrews, MD, performed knee surgery on Atlanta Hawks guard Lou Williams, according to a Fox News report.
Indiana Sen. Ron Grooms of Jeffersonville plans to introduce a bill in this session of the state legislature to strengthen laws regulating pain clinics and prescriptions of controlled substances, according to a News and Tribune report.
A new study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, has found that smartphone-delivered intervention and personalized feedback can help women manage chronic widespread pain following inpatient rehabilitation.