North Carolina Doctor Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
A pain management doctor in New Bern has pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud in federal court. The Sun Journal of New Bern reported that Dr. Michael K. Nunn entered the plea Monday before U.S....
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Changes Focus of Tennessee Conference
Changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system will be the focus of the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference this week. The three-day conference begins on Wednesday at the...
View ArticleUniversity of Arkansas Wins $538,000 Grant to Study Opioid Prescribing Methods
A pair of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will study how opioids are prescribed and dispensed by doctors and pharmacists. The $538,781 grant by the National Insitute on...
View ArticleCritics Say Hospitals Fuel Overprescription of Painkillers
Critics of how prescription painkillers are administered in the U.S. are calling on health officials to phase out hospital procedures and questionnaires used to manage pain. They say the current system...
View ArticleMassachusetts Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty to Overprescribing Opioids
At Dr. Fathalla Mashali’s pain management clinics, the waiting rooms were often so packed with patients that people sat on the floor, leaned against walls and spilled into the hallways. That’s because,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Doctor Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
A pain management doctor in New Bern has pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud in federal court. The Sun Journal of New Bern reported that Dr. Michael K. Nunn entered the plea Monday before U.S....
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Changes Focus of Tennessee Conference
Changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system will be the focus of the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference this week. The three-day conference begins on Wednesday at the...
View ArticleUniversity of Arkansas Wins $538,000 Grant to Study Opioid Prescribing Methods
A pair of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will study how opioids are prescribed and dispensed by doctors and pharmacists. The $538,781 grant by the National Insitute on...
View ArticleCritics Say Hospitals Fuel Overprescription of Painkillers
Critics of how prescription painkillers are administered in the U.S. are calling on health officials to phase out hospital procedures and questionnaires used to manage pain. They say the current system...
View ArticleMassachusetts Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty to Overprescribing Opioids
At Dr. Fathalla Mashali’s pain management clinics, the waiting rooms were often so packed with patients that people sat on the floor, leaned against walls and spilled into the hallways. That’s because,...
View ArticleTravelers Collaboration to Test VR, Wearables in Acute Orthopedic Injury...
The effectiveness of therapeutic virtual reality (VR) and wearable technology to manage pain associated with acute orthopedic injuries of the lower back and extremities will be explored by Travelers,...
View ArticleAllstate, State Farm Sue Medical Providers for Fraudulent Billing
Two insurance carriers filed separate lawsuits last week against medical doctors and their pain-management clinics, accusing them of submitting bills for unnecessary medical procedures performed on...
View ArticleWCRI Study Shows No Treatment Delays Caused by COVID, but Some Care Avoided
COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released Thursday by...
View ArticleTroubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain
HANFORD, Calif. — On May 13 of last year, the cellphones of thousands of California residents undergoing treatment for chronic pain lit up with a terse text message: “Due to unforeseen circumstances,...
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