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Republicans are ramping up attacks on other provisions of the healthcare reform law, namely the CLASS Act and the Independent Payment Advisory Board, according to a Hill report.

CMS has released a final rule that allows for the use of standardized extracts of Medicare claims data for qualified entities to measure healthcare providers' and suppliers' performance.

Researchers at University of California, San Francisco, found when used with opiate-based treatment, medical marijuana can further reduce pain, according to a UCSF news release.

Older Americans are reporting more knee pain and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A program that will require payment preapproval from CMS for cardiac and orthopedic procedures is currently limited to Florida, according to a Bloomberg report.

The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

James Gruft, MD, founder of From Pain to Wellness, a pain center in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., applauds the Institute of Medicine's recently released blueprint for treating chronic pain, according to a practice news release.

Nearly all healthcare organizations view some information via a mobile device, yet more than half do not have policies regarding mobile technology use, according to a report by mHIMSS, part of the Health Information and Management Systems Society.

Frank Cordasco, MD, a surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery, recently performed a procedure to repair St. Louis Rams left tackle Roger Saffold's torn pectoral muscle, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery news release.

BioLineRx's BL-1021 drug, an orally available small molecule for neuropathic pain, was safe and well tolerated in a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, according to a news release.