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Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics Walk-In Clinic in Exeter, N.H., has entered into a partnership with Rye Airfield to raise awareness about concussion prevention and treatment, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.

Julie Grosvenor, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Goodall Health Partners Orthopedics and the Main Joint Replacement Center at Goodall Hospital, has been named chief medical officer of Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, according to a Sanford News report.

Kentucky last month signed into law a bill requiring physicians to consult the state's online drug database, Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting, prior to prescribing pain medication to a patient. The bill, HB 1, targets the overprescribing of opioids…

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is offering a new treatment for migraines involving IV injections administered to a patient over several days, according to a Miami Herald report.

A proposal to discontinue Medicare coverage for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation has drawn opposition from California Congressman Darrel Issa, according to American News Report.

Glenn C. Campbell, MD, an ophthalmologist, is suing Virginia's Riverside Hospital over alleged breach of contract and violation of federal arbitration rules, according to a Virginia Gazette report.

Foundation Surgery Affiliates and Foundation Surgical Hospital Affiliates, together known as Foundation Healthcare, will combine with Graymark Healthcare, a provider of sleep management solutions, according to a news release.

Ambulatory surgery center operator Symbion saw its year-over-year loss widen in the first quarter of 2012, according to a Nashville Post report.

Bruce Reider, MD, editor-in-chief of American Journal of Sports Medicine and director of sports medicine at The University of Chicago Hospitals, will be presenting in the Ralph & Mary Wilson Gift Lecture Series.

Paul Sauer, MD, has been named to the board of directors for Rezin Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Morris, Ill., according to a Morris Daily Herald report.