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Five major physician lobbying groups expect to push Congress today to avert the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts to physicians and repeal the SGR formula altogether, according to a CQ Healthbeat News report.

Douglas W. Brown, MD, a sports medicine physician based in Portland, Maine, will be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame next May, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has released a new position statement on concussions in sports to make recommendations to healthcare professionals for a more individualized approach to diagnosing and managing concussions.

This past week Pegosa Springs (Colo.) Medical Center's orthopedic department began a new partnership with Durango Orthopedics, according to a Pagosa Daily Post report.

Terry Weiss, DO, a St. Louis-based orthopedic surgeon, recently received the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics Donald Siehl Award, which hasn't been presented since 2005.

Scott Becker, JD, Chairman of the Healthcare Department at McGuireWoods and the Publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Hospital Review, discussed key business and legal issues for ambulatory surgery centers in a webinar sponsored by SourceMedical on December 13,…

Jonathan Grossman, MD, has joined the pain management physician team at Spanish Hills Interventional Pain Specialists in Camarillo, Calif.

University of Washington in Seattle researchers have developed a virtual reality game called "Snow World" that helps patients manage pain, according to a Q13 Fox Seattle-Tacoma report.

SSM St. Mary's Health Center and SSM DePaul Health Center in St. Louis have both been accepted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid innovation pilot programs to improve the bundled payment process.

University Survey has collected feedback on EHR experiences for 1,000 specialists providing ambulatory care and published their results in the 2012 EHR Assessment for Ambulatory Specialists.