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Factors Associated with RVU Generation in Common Sports Medicine Procedures
CONCLUSION: : wRVUs/hour in surgical sports medicine procedures vary widely depending on the procedure type, patient characteristics, surgical approach, and practice setting.PMID:33751911 | DOI:10.1080/00913847.2021.1907258
Source: The Physician and Sportsmedicine Online - March 22, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: R Timothy Kreulen Micheal Raad Farah N Musharbash Suresh K Nayar Matthew J Best Varun Puvanesarajah Majd Marrache Uma Srikumaran John H Wilckens Source Type: research

Why Acupuncture Is Going Mainstream in Medicine
When the opioid addiction crisis began to surge in the U.S. about a decade ago, Dr. Medhat Mikhael spent a lot of time talking to his patients about other ways to heal pain besides opioids, from other types of medications to alternative treatments. As a pain management specialist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., he didn’t anticipate leaving behind the short-term use of opioids altogether, since they work so well for post-surgical pain. But he wanted to recommend a remedy that was safer and still effective. That turned out to be acupuncture. “Like any treatment, acupuncture...
Source: TIME: Health - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news

Financing U.S. Graduate Medical Education: A Policy Position Paper of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians.
an College of Physicians Abstract In this position paper, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians examine the state of graduate medical education (GME) financing in the United States and recent proposals to reform GME funding. They make a series of recommendations to reform the current funding system to better align GME with the needs of the nation's health care workforce. These recommendations include using Medicare GME funds to meet policy goals and to ensure an adequate supply of physicians, a proper specialty mix, and appropriate training sites; spreading the costs of...
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - May 2, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Butkus R, Lane S, Steinmann AF, Caverzagie KJ, Tape TG, Hingle ST, Moyer DV, and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and American College of Physicians Graduate Medical Education Task Forces, for the Health and Public Policy Committee of the Ameri Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research

Evaluation of a Family Medicine Transitional Care Service Line
Conclusion: Although there was no evidence of an impact of the new service line on a decline in 30-day readmission rates it was decided that this service was a benefit to the patients and the physicians involved.
Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - July 11, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Farford, B., Pantin, S. A., Presutti, J., Ball, C. S. Tags: Family Medicine and The Health Care System Source Type: research

Practice patterns of board-certified sleep medicine providers: A national analysis among older adult Medicare beneficiaries
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - February 5, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Emerson M. WickwireJennifer S. AlbrechtJennifer J. DorschSairam ParthasarathyJacob CollenVincent F. CapaldiAbree JohnsonAparna VadlamaniSteven M. Scharf1Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD2Sleep Disorders Cen Source Type: research

Interactions Between Physicians and Skilled Home Health Care Agencies in the Certification of Medicare Beneficiaries' Plans of Care: Results of a Nationally Representative Survey.
Conclusion: The CMS-485 does not meaningfully engage physicians. Physicians spend little time reviewing or acting on the SHHC plan of care. Strategies to enhance meaningful communication between SHHC agencies and physicians are needed. Primary Funding Source: National Institute on Aging and National Institute of Mental Health. PMID: 29610828 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 3, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Boyd CM, Leff B, Bellantoni J, Rana N, Wolff JL, Roth DL, Carl K, Sheehan OC Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research

Delayed timing of physical therapy initiation increases the risk of future opioid use in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a real-world cohort study
CONCLUSION: Compared with PT initiation within 1 month, delayed PT initiation was associated with higher risk of opioid use in people with incident knee OA. The longer the delay in PT initiation, the greater was the risk.PMID:36822841 | DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2022-106044
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - February 23, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Deepak Kumar Tuhina Neogi Christine Peloquin Lee Marinko James Camarinos Kosaku Aoyagi David T Felson Maureen Dubreuil Source Type: research

Podium Presentation Title: Trends in Medicare Reimbursement in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
The purpose of this study is to compile trends for physician reimbursement, hospital inpatient reimbursement, and hospital outpatient reimbursement for the 10 most common orthopaedic sports surgeries based on national payment amounts.
Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - April 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Sorka Deeyor, Joshua Hustedt, Haroon Kisana, Clayton Hui, Chad Stecher, John Martin, Joey Robaina, William K. (Kenny) Roache, Evan Lederman, Thomas Carter Source Type: research