An FDA panel found Celebrex does not cause a greater risk of heart attacks and strokes compared to two other commonly prescribed painkillers, NPR reports.
Anesthesia
Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira discussed upcoming changes to CMS' Recovery Audit Program and devised a series of recommendations to prepare for the audit and appeals process, in a recent blog post.
Somnia Anesthesia announced the winners of its sixth annual Anesthesiologist of the Year award and its first annual Anesthesia Resident of the Year award.
Pocatello, Idaho-based Portneuf Medical Center appointed anesthesiologist Dan Snell, MD, as its new CMO.
Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira examined how recently proposed opioid-targeting legislation will impact anesthesiologists and pain groups in a recent blog post.
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According to an American Society of Anesthesiologists member survey, 98 percent of respondents regularly experience anesthesia drug shortages at their institutions, and 95 percent say the shortages adversely affect patient care.
Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira stressed while HIPAA audits may be over, HIPAA enforcement is always ongoing.
Russell Presley Swann, MD, of Indianapolis-based Methodist Sports Medicine, shared his thoughts on postoperative pain management after outpatient orthopedic procedures with MD Magazine.
Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
Approximately 33 percent of patients prescribed opioids after surgery do not use them, according to a Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic study, presented at the American Surgical Association's annual meeting, April 19 to April 21 in Phoenix.