American Spectator Hit Piece on Pain Surgeons...

Perverse Health-Care Incentives Endanger Spine Patients - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics We have failed collectively as physicians when the Louisiana State Legislature must intervene to draft a bill making sure that... spectator.org "Non-operative specialists, such as pain anesthesiologists and pain medicine physicians, are not trained to perform spinal fusions as the codes are written. They have not completed a surgical residency performing surgery or treating surgical patients. Pain management physicians do not undergo competency training in the surgical instrumentation of the spine, measured and indexed by the American Council of Graduate Medical... Read more
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums