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New analysis found spinal steroid injections provide only short-term relief for sciatica-related leg and back pain, according to U.S. News and World Report.

When Congress adopted HIPAA in 1996 there was a great deal of commotion surrounding the new information-handling rules. Healthcare organizations spent considerable time and money on training. This was followed by significant changes in office procedures and policies.

H. Thomas Scott, director of operations for Surgical Management Professionals, discusses five key concepts for strategic planning for surgery centers in 2013.

Derek Rains, MD, has joined Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville, Ore., according to a News Register Report.

With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in place, the country will need roughly 52,000 more primary care physicians by 2025 to cover the law's preventive care provisions and general population growth, according to a new study from the…

Edward V. Craig, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery Affiliated Physicians Office in Greenwich, Conn., has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, according to a Norwalk Plus report.

James Andrews, MD, orthopedic surgeon with Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., has performed knee surgery on Minnesota Timberwolves forward Chase Budinger, according to a Pioneer Press report.

More military veterans are now reporting back pain than in the past, among both front-line troops as well as other deployed personnel, according to a report published in the Journal Sentinel.

California Pain, based in Freemont and Pleasanton, has partnered with Boost Medical, which will now oversee various aspects of the practice's business management.

Monroe Capital has launched a new healthcare finance company to assist lower middle-market healthcare companies in meeting their liquidity needs to fund working capital, growth initiatives, expansion and refinancing existing debt.