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A new ordinance was passed by the Lilburn (Ga.) City Council to identify legitimate pain management clinics and assess penalties for those that do not follow operation guidelines or have a permit from the city, according to a Patch report.

Here are 10 sports medicine physicians who perform cutting-edge shoulder surgery. We are constantly updating this list, so if you would like to recommend a surgeon for this list please contact Heather at hlinder@beckershealthcare.com.

Nicholas Greiner, DO, has joined the medical staff of South County Family and Sports Medicine in St. Louis.

Cesareo Tongco, MD, a board-certified family medicine and sports medicine physician, has joined Coshocton (Ohio) Hospital, according to a Coshocton Tribune report.

The Joint Commission awarded Somerset (N.J.) Medical Center's Joint Surgery Institute with the Gold Seal of Approval for total knee and hip replacement surgery, according to NJ.com.

The Institute of Regenerative and Molecular Orthopedics announced that it is now among the small number of centers performing stem cell harvesting and isolation of adipose mesenchymal stem cells, according to PRWeb.

Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., has launched efforts to curb prescription drug abuse, according to a report from the Quincy Journal.

Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, S.C., is the first hospital in the state to integrate Medication on Demand into the pain management process, according to a report from The Times and Democrat.

Nap Gary is chief operating officer of Regent Surgical Health, a leader in surgery center management and development since 2001. Mr. Gary oversees operations and physician relations at more than 20 Regent centers across the country. He and Regent have…

Thomas K. Miller, MD, serves as the medical director and a physician owner of Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center. He weighs in on what the orthopedic market for ambulatory surgery centers will look like as it evolves over the next 12…