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SK&A released its report titled, "Physician Office Acceptance Government Insurance Programs," which showed 83.6 percent of medical providers accept Medicare and 67 percent accept Medicaid, though a decline may be imminent.

A local Chicago television program on WCIU-TV recently profiled sports medicine physician Kathleen Weber, MD, as an "Amazing Woman," according to a report from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

William F. Baker Jr., MD, an internal medicine and sports medicine specialist, will be inducted into the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame early next year, according to a Bakersfield Californian report.

Jewish Orthopaedic Care orthopedic surgeons and anesthesiologists have developed new protocol based on research to reduce the number of total joint replacement patients who require a blood transfusion.

A new survey from the American Osteopathic Association finds that almost all Americans can name one thing that triggers physical pain during the winter and half of them put off talking about it to their physicians until after the holidays.

Tri-County Health Care in Wadena, Minn., has announced the addition of Thomas Kowalkowski, DO, an interventional pain and sports medicine specialist, to its medical staff.    

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.