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Compensation for medical directors varies widely across specialties, with the lowest annualized compensation reported by internists and pediatricians at $7,500, according to Medical Group Management Association's Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Pain researchers found a drug that has shown early promise as an option for chronic, severe pain may decrease the body's ability to fight off bacterial infections, according to a news release.

Concerns regarding shortage supplies were among those shared by a court-ordered patient care watchdog who recently released a report about Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Penn., according to a Philadelphia Courier Times news report.

Research findings show acupuncture seems to have no effect on back or other types of pain and may product negative outcomes, according to a study published in Pain.

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has released an outline of the National Council on Compensation Insurance's coding edits for the most commonly used interventional techniques.

More hospitals are implementing measures to reduce noise in response to a growing body of literature showing high levels of noise may impede patient recovery, according to an LA Times news report.

Public Citizen Health Research Group submitted a petition on April 25 asking the FDA to ban surgical and patient examination gloves containing cornstarch powder, according to an Occupational Health & Safety report.

Twenty-eight New England hospitals have formed a new purchasing coalition that aims to reduce costs by as much as 12 percent, according to a report by the New Hampshire Business Review. The Northeast Purchasing Coalition represents nearly 17,000 hospital beds,…

Federal agents have arrested two physicians and six others who are allegedly involved in a New Orleans fraud ring that allegedly submitted more than $12 million false Medicare and Medicaid claims, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau…

After New York City-based Forest Laboratories paid $313 million to settle a fraud case last year, the drugmaker’s chairman and CEO is now facing a ban from doing business with federal health programs, according to a Bloomberg report. Forest and…