Decision Resources, a pharmaceutical and healthcare research and advisory firm, found therapies to treat chronic back pain and arthritis pain will continue to be the most profitable segments of the chronic pain drug market through 2020, according to a news…
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Tom Graham, MD, a hand and wrist subspecialist at Cleveland Clinic, recently performed wrist surgery on Texas Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland, according to a Star-Telegram report.
Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa, recently welcomed orthopedic surgeon Damian Mizera, MD, as the leader of GRMC's new orthopedic practice, according to a hospital news release.
Current participants in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program will have until 2014 instead of 2013 to begin meaningful use Stage 2 implementation, according to an HHS news release.
Fifty-seven percent of office-based physicians used electronic medical record/electronic health record systems in 2011, a huge jump from the 18 percent in 2001, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Marc Philippon, MD, a hip surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed hip surgery on professional golfer Brandt Snedeker, according to a Fox News report.
The Stone Clinic in San Francisco, founded by Kevin R. Stone, MD, recently opened the first dedicated meniscus transplant center, according to a release from The Stone Clinic.
Foothills Sports Medicine, based in Phoenix, is planning to open two new facilities in the next two months, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.
Andrew C. Charles, MD, a professor of neurology and director of UCLA's Headache Research and Treatment Program, has been named the first holder of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Migraine and Headache Studies, according to a UCLA news…
The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting. CPT changes to spine procedure coding Codes 22520, 22521 and 22522: These CPT codes were changed from a percutaneous vertebroplasty, 1 vertebral body, unilateral or…