With legislative sessions well under way, some states are calling for more stringent regulation of pain clinics and pain medication prescriptions in their aim to reduce drug overdoses and addictions. Proposed regulation includes mandatory pain clinic licensing, comprehensive databases for…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued a proposed rule that will make it more difficult than ever for anesthesiologists and pain physicians to qualify for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health records (EHR) incentive. There…
Oregon lawmakers have approved the state's plan for a health insurance exchange, according to The Lund Report.
Many Republican governors are hesitating on planning and implementation for state-run health insurance exchanges, saying that planning should wait until the future of the federal healthcare reform law is decided, according to a Sacramento Bee report.
The American Medical Association has posted a new corrections document, according to an AAPC report.
Five pain management physicians talk about how their practices have responded to the recent surge in opioid abuse.
West Morris Surgery Center in Succasunna, N.J., recently opened as a project of several physicians, according to a New Jersey Hills report.
The Iowa Department of Public Health has denied a rehearing for Lee Birchansky, MD, on his request to perform cataract surgery at Fox Eye Laser & Cosmetic Institute, according to a Gazette report.
Research indicates that frequent reeducation of staff and multidisciplinary teamwork can significantly decrease central-line bloodstream infections, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
Healthcare facilities nationwide are experiencing sedative and anesthetics shortages, leaving some hospitals and clinics to use substitute drugs or turn to "gray market" pharmaceuticals to replenish stock, according to an Anesthesiology News report.