A study presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 26th annual meeting investigated methods for reducing the estimated $1 billion spent annually on pain care treatment in the United States and found that intrathecal drug delivery systems could save…
Compensation Issues
Karen Rewerts has been named vice president of finance and CFO of SSM Health Care – St. Louis, according to an SSM news release.
Here are the median daily on-call compensation rates for independent and hospital-employed physicians by specialty, according to the MGMA's Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey 2010 Report, Based on 2009 Data.
About 100 to 200 Texas physicians each year are ending all involvement with Medicare, up from "less than a handful" per year in 2007, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
Here are the average daily on-call compensation rates for physicians by medical specialty, according to MGMA's Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey 2010 Report, Based on 2009 Data.
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Compensation for medical directors varies widely by practice ownership, specialty and responsibility level, according to a news release on a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association.
New York City's public Health & Hospitals Corp. announced it will cut 500 additional jobs and end contracts with a "significant" number of physicians, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
A post-hoc analysis of a Phase 3 safety study demonstrated that tapentadol tablets were associated with a lower incidence of nausea, vomiting and constipation when compared to oxycodone immediate release tablets in elderly patients with moderate to severe low-back or…
Significant income and wealth gaps between primary-care and specialty physicians influence medical students' career choices and have led to a shortage of primary care physicians, according to researchers at Duke University whose findings were published in Health Affairs.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Q: Injections, including nerve blocks and facet joints, require exhaustive documentation, especially if multiple levels are involved. What information should pain management…