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Five pain management physicians share their thoughts on the biggest issues facing pain management as a specialty right now.

CMS is reminding providers of the Version 5010 standard that will be enforced beginning April 1, according to an AAPC report.

Here are 12 sports medicine physicians who recently joined a new group or hospital.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently performed ACL reconstruction on Carolina Panthers' Thomas Davis, according to a Deadspin news report.

Karen L. Hackett, CEO of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, introduced a new initiative to describe the value orthopedic surgeons provide for their patients' quality of life, according to an AAOS Now report.

Benchmarks are becoming increasingly important for medical professionals across the spectrum of care as payors continue to emphasize evidence-based medical practices.

A joint investigation between the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today revealed networks of pain organizations, physicians and researchers are responsible for the increase in painkiller prescriptions.

Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have eliminated morphine tolerance in rats by reformulating the common cancer drug imatinib, according to a news release.

Craig Della Valle, a hip and knee surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently conducted a study showing there are three to four times more complications with total knee replacements than partial knee replacements, according to a practice news release.

Anthony Miniaci, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, recently performed knee surgery for Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.