I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. Aetna’s company name is inspired by Mt.Etna — an 11,000-foot volcano on the eastern shores of Sicily — which was the most active volcano in Europe. Living up to its name, Aetna has become one of the nation’s largest insurance companies, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Janna L. Friedly, M.D et al A steroid-lidocaine combination is essentially no better than lidocaine alone for patients with symptomatic central lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study. U.S. researchers randomized 400 patients with symptomatic stenosis to receive an epidural injection of either lidocaine alone or lidocaine plus a […]
Read MoreFathalla Mashali, MD, accused of bilking Medicare A New England anesthesiologist stands high above all others in Medicare’s recently released list of how much money it pays providers, and court records help explain why he posted Ruthian numbers in a league of mostly singles hitters. According to records the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]
Read MoreEvery leader is a coach to those who look to them for guidance. Your job as a leader is to be there when one of your employees are in a rut, but if you consistently offer them a gift-wrapped solution, those employees will forfeit their problem-solving skills in the process. Eventually, a new problem manifests […]
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an abuse-deterrent extended-release formulation of oxycodone (Targiniq ER, Purdue Pharma LP), a combination of oxycodone hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride, the agency announced today. The new formulation is approved to treat pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment, for which alternative treatment options are […]
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