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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

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Ferguson has held corporate and strategic development roles in a number of health care organizations since 2004, including his most recent position as vice president of business development at Guardian Pharmacy. Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director. Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

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About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, MD, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. Dr. Kollas provided testimony at a 2004 Congressional Hearing on OxyContin. Kollas provided testimony at a 2004 Congressional Hearing on OxyContin.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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By 2007, the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG), which included several eventual PROP members (23), published an “Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (26) that introduced the concept of hard dosing thresholds for opioid analgesics, which was later incorporated into the 2016 Guideline (2, 3).

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9). About the Authors Lead author, Chad Kollas , serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL.

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