The Feds’ War on Pain Management Physicians

Heroic civil liberties lawyer, Harvey Silverglate writes about the war on physicians who attempt to alleviate the chronic pain of their patients. I just started reading his new book, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, and will be writing more about that. In the meantime, read this column. Not only are [...]

Pitfalls of Pain Management

You all know that Pain Management is a quality of care concern for DADS. Facilities have been cited for failing to adequately and systemically deal with pain being suffered by residents. Nursing facilities must, of course, obtain physician’s orders for pain medication and increasing dosages and types of medications. Today, there was a column in [...]