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Health information technology professionals should take the lead in ensuring strong data integrity in health information exchanges, according to a white paper (pdf) by the American Health Information Management Association.

Here are 10 statistics on Medicare spending per fee-for-service beneficiary on physician fee-schedule services from 2001 to 2011, according to a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Over this period, Medicare spending per FFS beneficiary grew 58 percent for…

President and CEO of Rockford (Ill.) Anesthesia Associated, W. Stephen Minore, MD, received the Diamond Award from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, according to a Rockford Star report.

Garret Morris, MD, joined the University of Rochester Medical Center, according to a Brighton Pittsford Post report.

Here are 10 sports medicine physicians on the move.

MHS Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, an affiliate of Memorial Health System in Abilene, Kan., has partnered with the local Chapman public school district to provide sports medicine services for student athletes.

Fellowship-trained podiatric foot and ankle surgeon Samantha Bark, DPM, will join the staff of Avita Health System's Orthopedic Center in Galion, Ohio, according to the Mansfield News Journal.

Thirty pain and education experts from around the country have gathered at UC Davis Health System for a two-day summit to develop competencies in pain management education.

Integrated Prescription Solutions has named Avrom Gart, MD, medical director and head of its Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

Limerick, Penn.-based medical device maker Teleflex announced it is acquiring Netherlands-based LMA International NV, an anesthesia and emergency care product company, for $276 million, according to Reuters.