The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Guideline Clearinghouse has updated clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and management of initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and children aged 2-24 months.
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Five pain management physicians discuss whether an accountable care organization arrangement might be in their future.
Carolina Ear, Nose & Throat Head and Neck Surgery Center in Hickory, N.C., is now offering its patients the Cochlear Baha 3 implant system, according to a Gaston Gazette report.
CMS has established a new payment modifier — PD Diagnostic or related nondiagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient admitted as an inpatient within 3 days, according to an AAPC report.
Devon Energy donated $2 million to the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, bringing the company's total contribution to $2.5 million in the institute's $46 million capital campaign, according to an Edmond Sun report.
The federal government has increased scrutiny of Arizona health insurance companies, as regulators target companies for "unreasonable" rate increases and pledge to review proposed rate increases for 32 health insurance plans, according to a Tucson Citizen report.
A new project encouraging researchers to "hack" surgical robots at U.S. universities will spur innovation in the robotic surgery field, according to an MSNBC report.
Brian Davidson, MD, an anesthesiologist at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., will run as a Republican for the university's open Board of Regents at-large seat, according to a Durango Herald report.
A bill introduced in the Kentucky House would prohibit pain clinics from accepting cash payments and require patients to present a government-issued photo ID before receiving services, according to a Courier Journal report.
Surgery centers are growing in popularity in Illinois as patients choose to undergo surgery in a more convenient location than a hospital, according to an Elgin Courier News report.