New state regulations are moving away from regulating just "pill mills" to setting up restrictions for physicians practicing pain management, according to an American Medical News report.
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A petition has been created on the White House Website that urges the government to include acupuncture under CMS and Federal Employee Insurance. The petition says that including acupuncture will "maximize results, end needless suffering & save huge amounts of…
CMS has released guidance (pdf) on electronic health record meaningful use requirements for clinical quality measures, according to an AHA News Now report.
In a new study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers show that platelet-rich plasma injections for treating chronic lateral elbow epicondylitis can significantly reduce pain at the six-week follow-up when compared with autologous whole blood injections, according…
Deryk Jones, MD, team physician for the New Orleans Saints, said a team of physicians at Ochsner Hospital that performed knee surgery on Saints Coach Sean Payton, according to a report from WWL TV.
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Thirty-three percent more health information exchanges reported being sustainable to eHealth Initiative this year compared to last year, according to a news release.
Anthony A. Scaduto, MD, has been appointed interim president and CEO of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, according to a hospital news release.
Kaiser Permanente has unveiled a new sports medicine center in the Promenade Medical Officers, in Elk Grove, Calif., according to a News-Sentinel report.
Starting today, Florida physicians can now look up patients on the statewide prescription drug database, according to a My Fox Orlando report.
Kentucky is beginning a pilot project with Ohio to prevent prescription drug abuse by sharing electronic prescribing data, according to a Courier-Journal report.