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An aggressive effort to curb opioid abuse has been underway in Washington since last year, when lawmakers required physicians to refer patients taking high dosages of opioids to a pain specialist for evaluation if their condition was not improving, according…

Five pain management physicians discuss best practices in their pain management clinics, including switching to electronic medical records, developing quality outcomes databases and gathering patient feedback to improve center performance.

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CMS has announced the first 27 accountable care organizations to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, effective this month.

On April 10, 2012, The Utah Department of Technology Services and the Utah Department of Health announced the total number of individuals affected by the breach had grown. They reported 280,000 individuals had their Social Security numbers stolen from a…

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