Published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine:January/February 2015 – Volume 40 – Issue 1 – p 22–30 Authors: Ringold, Forrest G. MD et al Background and Objectives: This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of a sufentanil sublingual tablet system (SSTS) for the management of postoperative pain following open abdominal surgery. Methods: At 13 hospital […]
Read MoreI got this from the ASA so I wanted to share it. Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced an initiative to shift the Medicare system more towards payment based upon alternative payments models. This marks the first time in Medicare’s history that HHS has set explicit goals for further establishing alternative payment […]
Read MoreWhile death and abuse rates from prescription opioids are dropping, death rates from heroin use are going in the opposite direction. Behind every apparent bit of progress in healthcare lurks disaster. First the progress, which is indeed good news: drug diversion and abuse of prescription opioids, which saw a horrifying increase over the last decade, […]
Read MoreThe clock is ticking toward April 1, when the latest sustainable growth rate (SGR) fix expires and physicians are due to get a 21% cut in Medicare payments. Some members of Congress are trying to eliminate the SGR payment methodology once again. In late January 2015, a House subcommittee held hearings on how to build […]
Read MoreThe prevalence of fibromyalgia varied by as much as fourfold, depending on which of three different American College of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria sets was used, a new study reveals. The findings were published online January 28 in Arthritis & Rheumatology by Gareth T. Jones, PhD, from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, and colleagues. The […]
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