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Hospitals have found a way to save money by using technology and new medical techniques to cut down on pricey blood transfusions, but it has come at the expense of thousands of jobs in the blood banking sector, the New York Times reports. Even as the population ages and traditionally requires more blood during surgeries, […]
Read MoreCombination hydrocodone products, currently considered Schedule III drugs, will be reclassified as Schedule II because of their high risk for abuse. The new regulation from the Drug Enforcement Administration will take effect in 45 days. “Schedule II drugs … are defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, less abuse potential than Schedule I […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers who treat pain patients. Chronic pain is a difficult development area for both drug and device developers; creating a product that effectively reduces pain and is sufficiently tolerable over long periods remains a challenge. Now sufferers with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder pain have a new device option that has proven […]
Read MoreI thought this was a study anesthesia providers would like knowing about since endo is the number one reason for a patient to receive an anesthetic. Older patients were 28% more likely than younger ones to be hospitalized for treatment of complications following a surveillance colonoscopy, study data shows. Follow-up colonoscopies for people over age […]
Read MoreMI ‘signal’ seen with one drug, but not others Experts said they hoped a recent FDA advisory panel recommendation against requiring randomized controlled cardiovascular outcomes trials for new drugs to treat constipation associated with use of opioids would unblock the field for more such medications. Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) “is a real problem,” said Eugene Viscusi, […]
Read MoreAn interesting article for our readers since most of them practice in a hospital setting. Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Advocate Physician Partners — a care management collaboration with Advocate that brings together more than 4,500 physicians — are trailblazers in the realm of value-based care, says APP President Mike Englehart. Advocate launched […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers so they can see what our colleagues make from their practices. Here are 40 statistics on primary care and specialty care physician compensation gathered from 2014 data and reports. Trends by geography, demographics 1. According to Medical Group Management Association’s Physician […]
Read MoreCMS recently released proposed Medicare reimbursement rates for 2015 will likely have a largely positive impact on healthcare providers, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service. Most providers will see a “relatively modest” increase in Medicare payments in calendar year 2015 under the proposed rules, according to Moody’s. Here are five things to know […]
Read MoreThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made a direct impact on the percentage of people without health insurance in America, with the uninsured rate falling by 5 percent since the PPACA’s rollout. Here are five things to know about the PPACA and its effect on the uninsured rate. 1. A Commonwealth Fund survey […]
Read MoreAn interesting article for our readers since most of them practice in a hospital setting. Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Advocate Physician Partners — a care management collaboration with Advocate that brings together more than 4,500 physicians — are trailblazers in the realm of value-based care, says APP President Mike Englehart. Advocate launched […]
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