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The Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW), representing more than 100,000 physicians and 15 medical societies, has commended the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC) for preserving access to spinal injection therapies for back pain. The HTCC held a hearing in March to determine coverage of spinal injections for Medicaid enrollees, workers covered […]
Read MoreQuality Queries and Quandaries: By: Emil Engels, MD, MBA, CPC At the invitation of Anesthesiology News, this is a recurring column in which experts attempt to answer many of the questions regarding quality reporting. This column will address topics such as: What is a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR)? How do the reporting requirements of […]
Read MoreThere are “negligible” long-term cognitive effects after major surgery during adulthood, new research has concluded (Anesthesiology 2016;124:312-321). This finding should help bolster physicians when confronted with older patients balking at surgery out of fear that undergoing anesthesia will cause cognitive and memory issues—preoperative medical conditions and mental functioning likely play a more significant role. “This study […]
Read MoreBrian M. Ilfeld, MD, MS, has been involved in more than his fair share of regional anesthesia research, adding his name to more than 100 publications and receiving some $4.5 million in grant support. Now, however, Dr. Ilfeld says he’s involved in something as exciting as anything he’s ever worked on. Dr. Ilfeld feels this […]
Read MoreAnesthesia complications suspected; state rules differ The highly publicized deaths of two children who died after an in-office dental procedure performed by a dentist and an oral surgeon, respectively, have many questioning whether national guidelines or individual state dental board requirements need to be strengthened when it comes to administering general anesthesia to a pediatric […]
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