opioids
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Financial
Pain clinic CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison for role in $150M fraud, opioid distribution scheme
by Paige Minemyer | Mar 5, 2021 The CEO of a Michigan- and Ohio-based group of pain clinics and other providers was sentenced to 15…
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Regulatory
1,000 Orthopedic Procedures, 61% of Opioids Unused…But There is an Upside
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. New work from the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania has determined that…
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Recon
More Initial Opioid Prescriptions Post-TJA Can Spell
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Do those first postoperative opioid prescriptions after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) spell trouble for the long…
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Hospitals
Opioid Prescribing: Government Rules PLUS Institutional Initiatives=Better Results
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. When researchers from NYU Langone Health reviewed data on 20,483 patients who underwent orthopedic procedures, they…
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Recon
Haphazard Prescribing for Opioid-Naïve Patients After Knee Arthroscopy?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. As patients prescribed opioids typically have remaining pills, more precise prescribing is in order, say…
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Regulatory
Study Finds Patients Who Undergo Spine Surgery Prescribed Most Narcotics Three Months Following Surgery
ROSEMONT, Ill., July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As Americans have the highest opioid use rates, leading to abuse,i the orthopaedic community has committed itself…
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Hospitals
Keep Older Hip Patients Off Opioids!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Elderly patients with hip fractures don’t need anything else to worry about, much less the…
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Regulatory
4 Detroit-area physicians found guilty of forcing patients to undergo back injections in exchange for opioids
by Joanne Finnegan | Feb 5, 2020 Four Detroit-area physicians were found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of healthcare fraud after they…
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Bad to the Cervical Bone: ACDF, Depression and Anxiety
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., November 21, 2019 Pain, even the emotional kind, can be felt deep down in the…
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Hospitals
Lawmakers introduce bill to fund more medical residency slots to combat physician shortage, opioid crisis
by Heather Landi | Nov 21, 2019 Senate and House lawmakers introduced a bill that would fund 1,000 additional medical residency positions in the next…
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Financial
HSS Receives $3 Million Grant from The Starr Foundation
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Starr Foundation announced the gift of a $3 million grant to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) to…
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Regulatory
DOJ charges 149 people for hundreds of millions of dollars of healthcare fraud, drug diversion
by Paige Minemyer | Sep 30, 2019 The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced several healthcare fraud takedowns of late, resulting in dozens of charges,…
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Opioid Management: How HSS Rises to the Challenge
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 3, 2019 Pain will always be with us. With statistics estimating that musculoskeletal diseases…
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Recon
Back Surgery OK for Opioid-Tolerant Patients
By Gale Scott Patients undergoing surgery to treat chronic back or neck pain are often already taking opioids. The drugs…
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