Florida officials are beginning to enforce a new state law that bars pain clinics from dispensing narcotic and addictive pain medicines, according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel.
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CMS has postponed implementing a rule change that would stop reimbursing pharmacies for medications used in implanted pumps for chronic pain patients, according to a report by the Meridian Star.
Only six adverse error reports regarding medication errors have been submitted to the Oregon Patient Safety Commission's public reporting system in the last three years, according to a news report by The Oregonian.
Rakesh Nathu, MD, a radiation oncologist from Las Vegas, has agreed to pay the federal government $5.7 million plus interest in order to settle false claims allegations, according to a local FOX news report.
Alan Gumer, MD, a psychiatrist from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has pleaded guilty to his role in a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme dating back to 2004, according to a Miami Herald news report.
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The Senate Finance Committee postponed a scheduled "mock" markup of the South Korea, Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements that include an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance last week, postponing two provisions from the ASC Quality and Access Act that…
Ansell Limited, a provider of protection solutions, has announced it has acquired Sandel Medical Industries, a manufacturer of medical and ergonomic safety products.
A trial court has found Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, and one of its nurses negligent following the death of a patient from an infection developed while in the hospital's care, according to a report from the…
A small study has found that women viewing a photograph of their romantic partners were able to tolerate pain better than when viewing a photograph of an inanimate object or a stranger, according to a report in the Proceedings of…
More than 125 pain management physicians came to Washington to persuade Congress to pass tighter restrictions on opioids and other addictive pain medications, according to a report by NPR.