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The primary diagnosis of opioid dependency kicks off a number of medical services, including office visits, lab tests and other related treatments. The number of such services rendered to patients with a dependency diagnosis went from about 217,000 in 2007 to about 7 million in 2014. This article first appeared August 1, 2016 on the Kaiser […]
Read MoreYou may have read about the recent tragic deaths of two healthy children –Marvelena Rady, age 3, and Caleb Sears, age 6 – in California dental offices. Unfortunately, they aren’t the first children to die during dental procedures, and unless things change, they probably won’t be the last. State Senator Jerry Hill has asked the Dental […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ferguson I et al., Ann Emerg Med 2016 Jul 22; A large high-quality randomized trial finds these regimens to be equivalent. Investigators randomized 573 adults from three emergency departments (EDs) in Australia to receive ketofol (a 1:1 mixture of ketamine and propofol) or propofol prior to a painful procedure. The main outcome was occurrence of a […]
Read MoreAuthors: Chung, Wei-Sheng MD, PhD et al Abstract: Lack of sleep can compromise the immune system, which may reactivate latent varicella-zoster virus. Studies on sleep disorders and the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) are scant. We conducted a population-based cohort study to evaluate the risk of HZ in patients with sleep disorders and potential risk […]
Read MoreJennifer Rock-Klotz, M.B.A.; Nicholas M. Halzack, M.P.H. ASA Monitor 08 2016, Vol.80, 14-17. Jennifer Rock-Klotz, M.B.A., is ASA Health Policy Analyst. Nicholas M. Halzack, M.P.H., is ASA Senior Health Policy Analyst ASC Locations and Consolidation Three states with the most ASCs per capita (Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries) are Maryland, Wyoming and Georgia (with the least are Vermont, District […]
Read MoreThe group denies any wrongdoing, calling the pay-to-play claims “meritless” and the product of a “disgruntled” ex-employee. Did an anesthesia group give its ASCs free propofol in exchange for lucrative contracts? An anesthesia group that allegedly offered free medications to ambulatory surgery centers in exchange for the facilities granting the group exclusive contracts has agreed […]
Read MoreJames C. Eisenach, M.D. ASA Monitor 07 2016, Vol.80, 32-33. James C. Eisenach, M.D., is F.M. James III Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In April, Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize laureate for the discovery of oncogenes and former director of the National Institutes of Health, commented […]
Read MoreNot every patient responds to opioids the same way, some patients simply do not get the same pain relief from typical doses. Chances are, these patients may possess a specific genetic variation, which could also increase their chances of becoming addicted to opioids. By Thomas G. Ciccone and Priyank Kumar, PhD As useful as opioids can be for […]
Read MoreMatthew T. Popovich, Ph.D. ASA Monitor 07 2016, Vol.80, 56-57. Matthew T. Popovich, Ph.D., is ASA Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs. According to the 2014 PQRS Experience Report, the average incentive for anesthesiologists who qualified for the incentive was $208, and the most CMS paid to an anesthesiologist was $6,734. Related to payment adjustments, anesthesiologists […]
Read MoreKenneth R. Abbey, M.D., J.D. et al ASA Monitor 07 2016, Vol.80, 48-49. Want to take the easy path to professorship? In 2013, an email offered to sell co-authorship on a paper that it said had already been accepted by the International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology for the low, low price of $14,800. On its way to […]
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