Author: Dr. George

Recently reviewed the medical records of a patient moving from the Midwest to Oregon. They were seen at a specialty pain clinic in Ohio and were prescribed pain medications for years. Never once did they talk about other treatment modalities

As a chronic pain management doctor, I’ve received a variety of threats over the years. Here’s a recent example from a patient I just dismissed. They tested positive for “methamphetamine.” Their response to my dismissal of them was: “I will

Just reviewed the records of an applicant and see that UCHC is practicing discriminatory pain management. They claim to follow guidelines and tell chronic back pain patients that they don’t prescribe pain medications for such conditions. But in reality their

I have reviewed the medical records of a patient that shows the last office visit being 11 months ago, yet the patient has been receiving a regular supply of pain medications MONTHLY since then. Four of the multiple prescriptions were

Oregon released an audit of the PDMP in December 2018. They are just now expressing concerns regarding the failure of many providers in using the PDMP system that has been around for years. I have been expressing these concerns for