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Financial
Arkansas sues Optum, Express Scripts and others over opioid epidemic
The action of PBMs, combined with those of manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies created the opioid crisis, lawsuit says. June 27,…
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COVID-19
US coronavirus cases surpass 35,000, now the third-highest infected nation in the world
March 23, 2020 / By Stephen Sorace | Fox News The number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 35,000 on Monday, making…
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COVID-19
USA TODAY analysis: America’s coronavirus ‘curve’ may be at its most dangerous point
March 19, 2020 / Kim Hjelmgaard, and Jim Sergent, USA TODAY LONDON – Soon, the United States will find out whether…
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COVID-19
Covid-19 hits doctors, nurses and EMTs, threatening health system
March 17, 2020 / By Lenny Bernstein, Shawn Boburg, Maria Sacchetti and Emma Brown Dozens of health-care workers have fallen ill with covid-19, and…
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Top Stories
Physician burnout is becoming an epidemic – How do we stop it?
by Nicole Clarke, MSM, PhD Physician burnout is everywhere. From the lay press to health care news outlets, it’s…
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Hospitals
Doctors Urge CMS, Joint Commission to Rethink Pain Treatment to Help Stem Opioid Epidemic
April 15, 2016 – Marty Stempniak Have patient satisfaction surveys and accreditation standards inadvertently contributed tothe ongoing opioid epidemic that’s killing…
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US Opioid Epidemic Fueled by Prescribing Practices
By Pam Harrison The United States is facing the worst “man-made epidemic” of opioid abuse in the history of modern…
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Top Stories
Be proactive: Avoid adding to the opioid epidemic
By Anthony Romeo There is an epidemic of opioid use and prescriptions in the United States directly related to physicians’…
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Recon
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND ITS IMPACT ON ORTHOPAEDIC CARE
ROSEMONT, Ill., May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United States makes up less than five percent of the world’s population but consumes 80 percent…
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