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POSTED

2008 ALERTS

April 30, 2008 Let Congress Hear From You Today!; Update on the LSBN; Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors; 'Boot camp' helps chronic pain sufferers cope... read more
April 23, 2008 Contact Your Officials This Week: Congress Considers Medicare Fix; Texas Physicians Punished for Prescribing Violations; Nevada May Require ASC Accreditation... read more
April 16, 2008 Congress is Considering Medicare Fix: Contact Your Officals Today!; Crimeproof Your Practice: How to Improve Office Safety; Advanced-practice Nurses Seek Wider Scope in 24 States... read more
April 9, 2008 Frontline Failure: PCPs Often Unarmed Against Pain; Parish Council Expected to Renew Pain Clinic Moratorium; Medical Malpractice Legislation Passes Tennessee House... read more
April 2, 2008 Congress is Considering Medicare Fix: Contact Your Officals Today!; CMS Instructs Florida RAC to Cease and Desist; National Standards to Rank Physicians Planned... read more
March 26, 2008 2007 Pain Practice Benchmarks Survey Results Released; Physicians Face April 1 Deadlien for Tamper-proof Rx Pads; Duragesic Patch: Fentanyl is a Cousin to Heroin... read more
March 19, 2008 Reimbursement Cuts are Looming: Act Today to Prevent Cuts in July; In Memoriam: Samuel J. Hassenbusch, III, MD, FIPP; N.H. Top Five in Methadone Deaths; OIG Work Plan for 2008 to Examine ASC and Hospital, Pain Management and IDTF Issues... read more
March 12, 2008 ASIPP, AAPM, ISIS with AMA to Conduct Physician Practice Survey; Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency; View Photos from March Cadaver Course; New Hampshire Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting on March 26, 2008... read more
March 5, 2008 Your Immediate Action is Needed on Legislative Issues; Audits Sting Hospitals, Physicians; Chronic pain research and treatment in Quebec gets $4.35-million boost... read more
February 27, 2008 Your Action is Needed to Prevent Cuts; Cops and Doctors; Network Lets Doctors Share Patient Info... read more
February 20, 2008 Medicare RACs may be coming to an end; ASC Reimbursement Errors Cause Increased Cuts; FDA Alert: Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled... read more
February 13, 2008 Deja Vu - Saga of Fluoroscopy Codes Starts Again; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors - They are coming your way sooner than you think; N.Y. Attorney General Probes Alleged Insurer, IT Firm Scheme... read more
February 6, 2008 ANS Becomes Diamond Sponsor; A doctor's dilemma: prescribing pain pills is getting trickier; Financial ties are cited as issue in spine study... read more
January 30, 2008 Pain Societies Express Concern with Recently Published ACOEM Guidelines; CMS Physician Fee Shedule Overview; Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects... read more
January 23, 2008 DEA Raids Health Clinic Suspected in Illegal Prescriptions; Duluth-based Health System Bans Pharmaceutical Logos; March 1 Medicare Requires Use New ID Number... read more
January 16, 2008 A Dark Addiction: Miners Caught in Western Va.'s Spiraling Rates of Painkiller Abuse; Rep. Whitfield Responds to "Dark Addiction": Sends Letter to Editor; Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Duty, Duty Everywhere... read more
January 11, 2008 ASIPP Breaking News: LA State Judge Rules Practice of IPM Not Within CRNAs Scope of Practice read more
January 9, 2008 Pay Membership Dues Online; New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers; Reduced Fee Ends Jan. 18 for Specialty Course in Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty & Sacroplasty... read more
January 2, 2008 The Year Ahead with ASIPP; NASPER Update; Quicker Pain Treatment Keeps Soldiers Going; Pain Physician journal adds topical issues... read more
   
POSTED

2007 ALERTS

December 26, 2007 Medicare 10.1% Cut Temporarily Averted; Stricter requirements sought for relicensure; Second Safety Warning on Fentanyl Skin Patch; Doctor facing jail time for patients' accidental overdoses... read more
December 19, 2007 Medicare 10.1% Cut likely averted: Extenders Package to go before House and Senate today; Jan. 28, 2007 deadline on ASC Comment letters; Pa. Report: ASCs Save Medicare $464 Million Annually... read more
December 12, 2007 Abstract submission deadline extended to Jan. 31; Important Survey for CMS/RUC - Dec. 21 deadline; Court: Non-radiologists can't refer for in-office imaging... read more
December 5, 2007 Only a Few weeks Remain to Submit Your Abstract for ASIPP 10th Annual Meeting Now Open; Congress is Back - This is the Final Hour to Act; AMA Defines Interventional Pain Management as Practice of Medicine... read more
November 28, 2007 Time is Running Out to Act: Continue to Contact; CBS News: Behind The Scenes Of Rx Drug Dealing; DEA announces Multiple Schudule II Issuance Final Rule... read more
November 21, 2007 Continue to Contact Congress: 10.1% Cuts Assured Unless Congress Acts; Bigger practice, better quality? Practice size not the complete answer; When the Patient Is a "Googler"... read more
November 19, 2007 Important ASIPP Update: Final Rule on Issuance of Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances read more
November 14, 2007 It's official: 10.1% Medicare pay cut for physicians unless Congress acts; Notice of delay of certain provisions of Phase III; IPM Benchmark Survey Ends... read more
November 12, 2007 Important ASIPP Update: Spinal Cord Stimulation Review Course and Workshop Registration read more
November 8, 2007 News Release: Pain Physician Journal Seeks Editor-in-Chief and Editors read more
November 7, 2007 CMS Releases Final Rule for New ASC Payment System; States strike contract provision pay clause; Look for your IPM Benchmark Survey: Deadline is Nov. 12... read more
October 31, 2007 Congress is back: It is time to start anew; U.S. Makes New Push on E-Health Records; DEA to Host Prescription Drug Abuse Symposium "Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America"... read more
October 24, 2007 House and Senate consider payment reform: Now is the time to act; ASIPP President testifies before Congress; DEA Administrator announces retirement... read more
October 17, 2007 Medicare cuts: Physicians' practices in jeopardy; Call for Abstracts; Look for your IPM Benchmark Survey... read more
October 10, 2007 Tell Congress They Must Act; New Article on Facet Joint Pain in Chronic Spinal Pain; FASA and AAASC announce merger... read more
October 3, 2007 Call for Abstracts; Court rules Medicare plans can be sued for nonpayment; President Signs Bill Delaying Tamper-resitant Prescription Pad Requirement; Expanded SCHIP Bill: Winners and Losers... read more
September 26, 2007 Doctor gets 20 years in prescription case; How one man conquered chronic pain; N.H. Insurer Latest to Launch Statewide E-prescribing... read more
September 19, 2007 The Clock is Running Out: Contact Congress to Prevent Cuts; Tenet Former General Counsel Sulzbach Violated False Claims Act, Feds Allege; Drugs Banned, Many of World's Poor Suffer in Pain... read more
September 12, 2007 Preorders of the Interventional Techniques in Chronic Spinal Pain to be Shipped Next Week; Senators Seek Public Listing of Payments to Doctors; Study Finds Rise in Prescription-Drug Injuries... read more
September 5, 2007 Prescription data firm sues over doctor confidentiality laws; CMS posts Stark III regulations; Public Comment: Spinal Stenosis Performance Measures... read more
August 29, 2007 Illinois Expands Controlled Substance Monitoring; CMS posts Stark III regulations; Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors... read more
August 22, 2007 New grant will help North Dakota monitor prescription drug use; AP: Pain medicine use has nearly doubled; Hydrocodone abuse on rise in Appalachia... read more
August 15, 2007 New Capwiz Campaign Begins - Contact Congress to Prevent Cuts; American Heart Association no longer recommends routine antibiotics in patients with mitral valve prolapse before dental procedures, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract procedures... read more
August 8, 2007 October Cadaver Workshop - Advanced Discography Techniques; Tevi Troy Sworn in as HHS Deputy Secretary; Debate - Should U.S. dispense with TV Drug Ads?... read more
August 1, 2007 Physicians Wanted; GAO Report Addresses Physician Payments; NY Governor Signs New Law Tightens Office Surgery Rules... read more
July 25, 2007 CMS Releases ASC Final Rule, HOPD Proposed Rule and Proposed Physician Payment Rates; PA Law Expands Job Scope of Nurses; OxyContin maker, execs fined $634.5 million... read more
July 18, 2007 CMS Releases ASC Final Rule; CMS won't tap reserve fund to ease Medicare physician pay cuts; Complaints spark state hearing on Blue Cross... read more
July 11, 2007 CCI Releases Third Quarter Updates; Study Finds Electronic Records Don't Always Improve Care; Read 'highly accessed' articles on BioMed Central... read more
July 5, 2007 Medicare wants to cut doctors' pay; Louisiana bill officially defeated!; Georgia Society Annual Meeting... read more
June 28, 2007 ASIPP members visit Capitol Hill; Urbanizing counties sue for better Medicare pay... read more
June 20, 2007 Florida NASPER is signed by Governor; HB 684 killed; America's best places to practice... read more
June 13, 2007 AMA survey: Senior access at risk if Medicare cuts doctor pay 10%; Medicare trustees report issues dire forecast for Part B; HIGH SOCIETY: 2007 Guidelines Accepted in the National Guideline Clearinghouse... read more
June 6, 2007 ASIPP Membership Reaches 4000; ASIPP, AAPM, ISIS with AMA to Conduct Physician Practice Survey; HIGH SOCIETY: How Substance Abuse Ravages America... read more
May 30, 2007 NASPER signed into law in Minnesota; Illicit online drug sales rampant as rogue pharmacy sites grow; ASIPP Launches DocumentShare FTP Site... read more
May 23, 2007 Former pain doctor arrested in Chicago; Preorder your copy of Interventional Techniques in Chronic Spinal Pain; Insurance company wants to cut malpractice rates... read more
May 16, 2007 Pain doctor found guilty of drug trafficking; OxyContin makers admit deception; Addison and Clint join ASIPP as sponsors... read more
May 9, 2007 ASC payment system questioned; Florida passes prescription monitoring bill; CA bill would extend prescribing to psychologists... read more
May 2, 2007 Annual Meeting to Feature Ethics Seminar and Congressional Visits; Blue Cross to Pay Doctors $128 million; WIP to Hold FIPP Exam on Sept. 29... read more
Apr. 25, 2007 Please Continue to Contact Your Senators - Some States Lagging; The Business of Accreditation; First Large-scale Study to Assess Treatment for Prescription Drug Addiction... read more
Apr. 18, 2007 Bill creates Database on Prescription Use in Arizona; Lawmakers Challenge Who Sits on Medical Boards; New York State Soiety to Hold Annual Meeting... read more
Apr. 11, 2007 Register for the Annual Meeting; CMS Letter Sent with 66 Signatures!; CMS Issues Guidance on Compliance with NPI Rule... read more
Apr. 4, 2007 House Letter Gains over 60 Signatures -- Now Senate is Goal; CMS Releases NCCI 2nd Quarter Updates; New York State Chapter to Hold Meeting... read more
Mar. 28, 2007 Medicare pay-for-performance dilemma: Who gets the bonus?; May Cadaver Workshop; Options Sought in Balancing Painkillers... read more
Mar. 21, 2007 More Letters Needed to Fight ASC Cuts; Louisiana Supreme Court denies LSB Writ; ASIPP Member To Make CBS News... read more
Mar. 14, 2007 Room Block Extended - Discounts Offered; Florida forced to pay for recognized off-label uses of Neurontin... read more
Mar. 7, 2007 American Academy of Neurology Publishes Report on Epidural Steroids; Dwindling Street Supply Linked to Drugstore Robberies... read more
Feb. 28, 2007 ASIPP Seeks Nominations - Deadline Extended; ASIPP Files Amicus Curiae in LSBN Issue...read more
Feb. 21, 2007 Register for the Annual Meeting: Facts on NASPER; ASIPP acts to amended NCCI edits...read more
Feb. 14, 2007 ABIPP: Getting certified; Painkiller more available for abuse; Health Insurers Rating Docs...read more
Feb. 7, 2007 Doctror's death shocks collegues; 2007 Guidelines accepted in National Guidelines Clearinghouse...read more
Jan. 31, 2007 FIPP application deadline nears; Congress response to Congressional letters...read more
Jan. 24, 2007 New Limit on Number of Buprenorphine Patients Per Physician; 2007 Guidelines published; Read more
Jan. 17, 2007 Medicare pay freeze could double the cut next year next year; read more
Jan. 10, 2007 1st Quarter CCI updates and edits; OIG report on modifier 25...read more
Jan. 3, 2007 LA Court of Appeal issues in Favor of IPM Physicians; Teens' abuse of medicine on the rise... read more
   
 
 

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