The lead researcher on a new study about pain treatment found that the presence and level of severity of pain symptom clusters affects treatment, Pain Medicine News reported.
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Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colo., has closed several units in its psychiatric departments and is not accepting any new patients due to a gastrointestinal illness, according to a KDVR report.
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CMS has clarified the situations in which a pharmacy can bill for dispensing certain drugs, according to an AAPC release.
In a recent letter, the American Society of Anesthesiologists joined 19 other specialty physician associations in urging members of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board as part of their broader deficit reduction package,…
Mary Ryan, administrator of Tri-State Surgery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, managed by Health Inventures, shares 10 steps to negotiate profitable contracts and make money on every procedure.
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Blue Shield of California recommends the use of a network ambulatory surgery center over a network hospital for outpatient surgery as a way to save money in an article in its Sept. Now I Know newsletter.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new bill requiring all California hospitals to have a safe patient handling policy, including "lift teams" trained to move patients using proper lift equipment, according to a California Nurses Association/National Nurses United news…