…are based on weak scientific evidence. View the Draft Guidelines: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CDC-2015-0112-0002 Submit a Comment to the CDC: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/12/14/2015-31375/proposed-2016-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-chronic-pain#open-comment More Information from the CDC on Prescribing Opioids:…

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…Göteborg in 1974. After a fellowship at the London Hospital he joined the faculty at the University of Göteborg for ten years. In 1985 he moved to the United…

…increase reimbursements for device alternatives to opioid prescriptions. Now Congress is getting involved, with the largely Republican-shaped report expressing concern “certain non-opioid alternatives are not adequately reimbursed by the…

…medical industry to advocate for high quality, widely accessible and cost effective spine care for patients around the world.” Visit IASP at SpinePatientAdvocacy.org 1640527218:7 7 default 1 https://www.isass.org/i/iasp_logo.png 1…

…services;” requirements for making public a machine-readable file online that includes all standard charges (including gross charges, discounted cash prices, payer-specific negotiated charges, and de-identified minimum and maximum negotiated…

…for cTDR devices in the US, Prestige ST5 (Medtronic- 541 patients, 32 sites) (2007), Prodisc-C6 (Depuy Synthes- 209 patients, 13 sites) (2008) and Bryan Disc7 (Medtronic- 463 patients, 30…

…- 6:00Oral Posters: Spine Smorgasbord – Room: Donatello 3 Moderator(s): James Yue, MD 6:00 – 8:00Opening Reception April 7 TimeEvent 7:00 – 8:00Continental Breakfast in Renaissance Foyer 8:00 -…

…Zavatsky, MD; Tom Errico, MD 3:00 – 3:10ISASS Business Meeting 3:10 – 3:15Close of ISASS17 3:30 – 5:30Cadaver Lab Lecture Saturday, April 15, 2017 TimeEvent 7:00 – 3:00Cadaver Lab…

…of SIJ Pain 5:43 pm – 5:48 pmSpecial Guest/SIMEG Representative 5:49 pm – 6:00 pmDiscussion 5:30 pm – 8:30 pmBioskills Session Evening Hands-on-Workshop (Not CME) – joimax – Hall G, Theater Red – Endoscopic Spinal Decompression – Faculty: Dr. Daniel Laich…

AMA and Affiliated Organizations Engage in Survey on How Telehealth Impacts Physicians and Their Practices Since COVID-19 started, we have all experienced a significant shift toward telehealth. The American…

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