News Release: Pain Management Group to Present at Ohio Hospital Association Annual Meeting

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Ohio Hospital AssociationPain Management Group (PMG), the leading provider of comprehensive, hospital-based pain management centers, has been selected to present Ohio House Bill 93: The Impact of Prescription Drug Reform at the 2012 Ohio Hospital Association Annual Meeting, held June 11-13 in Columbus, Ohio.

Overdose by prescription drugs is the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio. Pill mills are playing a major role in the prescription drug addiction epidemic and accidental death by pain medication. Ohio House Bill 93 aims to combat prescription drug abuse by reducing the prevalence of pill mills.

“In Ohio alone, four residents die every single day from prescription drug overdose. That’s a very sad statistic,” commented Pain Management Group CEO, John Bookmyer. “PMG has been speaking openly about HB 93 since being signed into law last spring. We are honored to have been selected to present at this year’s OHA Annual Meeting.”

Session learning objectives include:

  • History and overview of House Bill 93
  • Impact of prescription drug reform on OHA member hospitals
  • The future of prescription drugs in Ohio

About Pain Management Group

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients suffering from acute and chronic pain with the highest level of balanced health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

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Ohio Had Record High Overdose Deaths in 2010

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Interesting and sad article by AP Legal Affairs Writer, Andrew Welsh-Huggins last week via www.courier.com.

This, in part, is why Ohio House Bill 93 was passed into law May 20, 2011. Ohio House Bill 93 (‘pill mill’ bill) aims to combat prescription drug abuse by reducing the prevalence of pill mills.

Pill mills market themselves as “pain clinics” but operate in a manner far different from the balanced approach to pain. Pill mills are playing a major role in accelerating and exacerbating the prescription drug addiction epidemic and accidental death by pain medication in the United States.

In Ohio alone, four residents die every single day from prescription drug overdose. In addition, accidental drug overdose by prescription drugs is the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio, surpassing car crashes.

COLUMBUS — Ohio saw a record number of drug overdose deaths in 2010, as painkiller abuse and ingestion of multiple drugs at a time continued to take their toll and underscored the obstacles confronting the state as it makes unprecedented efforts to combat the problem.

The state also saw a record number of heroin deaths, which now account for one in every five overdose deaths, a trend that may be driven by painkiller addicts switching to heroin, a cheaper alternative.

The Ohio Department of Health recorded 1,544 accidental overdose deaths in 2010, the most recent year with complete data, a 5 percent increase over the next highest figure from 2008 and a 372 percent increase over the decade. Drug overdoses remained the leading cause of accidental deaths in the state, including car crashes, for the fourth straight year.

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Pain Management Group Announces Ohio Chamber of Commerce Membership

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Ohio Chamber of CommerceFindlay, Ohio (February 27, 2012) – Pain Management Group announces their membership into the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

“PMG is proud to be affiliated with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce,” commented Brandon Shilling, Governmental Affairs Manager for Pain Management Group. “We look forward to being active members and doing our part to further the mission of the Ohio Chamber.”

Ohio Chamber of Commerce membership provides Pain Management Group:

  • Access to Ohio public policy professionals and decision makers
  • Opportunity to participate on Ohio Chamber steering committees
  • Opportunity to network with other Chamber members
  • Participation in Chamber events
  • Access to cost-saving programs

About Ohio Chamber of Commerce

Founded in 1893, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce is Ohio’s largest and most diverse statewide business advocacy group. The Chamber works to promote and protect the interests of its 6,000 business members, large and small, while building a more favorable business climate.  For additional information, visit www.ohiochamber.com.

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IOM Report: Living Well With Chronic Illness

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Institute of MedicineOn January 31, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report titled Living Well With Chronic Illness – A call for public health action stating that, despite existing national initiatives to help patients with chronic illnesses, the healthcare industry is not doing enough for patients.

The report brief states that chronic conditions are reaching a boiling point, steadily moving toward crisis proportions. The medical care costs of people with chronic illnesses represent 75 percent of the $2 trillion in U.S. annual health care spending. “Yet maintaining or enhancing quality of life for individuals living with chronic illnesses has not been given the attention it deserves by health care funders, health systems, policy makers, and public health programs and agencies.”

The report identified nine “exemplar” conditions that significantly affect the nation’s health and economy: arthritis, cancer, chronic pain, dementia, depression, type 2 diabetes, post-traumatic disabling conditions, schizophrenia, and vision and hearing loss.

 


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Pain Management Group Announces Partnership with O’Bleness Health System

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

OBleness Health System Pain Management Group (PMG), the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region, announces the addition of a new hospital partner, O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio.

“PMG looks forward to our new joint venture partnership with O’Bleness and the opportunity to bring our balanced approach of pain management to the Athens community,” commented John Bookmyer, CEO of PMG. “We believe that a balanced approach to treatment is critical for patients to return to a life uninterrupted by acute and chronic pain. It is truly an honor to be working with outstanding healthcare providers such as O’Bleness.”

Dr. Ned Lakshmipathy, PMG’s founding physician commented, “We are dedicated to providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and balanced approach to pain care, which offers the best option for a patient’s condition. Our growth has been selective and we choose to associate with the best of the best in order to give our patients top quality pain care.”

The pain management clinic at O’Bleness will provide advanced and comprehensive treatment options for patients who suffer from chronic and acute pain, including neck and back pain, arthritis and chronic pelvic pain.

The partnership provides O’Bleness:

  •  A balanced primary care approach to pain management
  • Support for primary care physicians with chronic pain patients
  • Support for the clinical and operational mission of the hospital by bringing a new, needed specialty to meet the needs of its community
  • Exceptional patient experience

The new relationship also provides O’Bleness with the ability to maximize available resources and provide comprehensive ancillary services to the community.

Pain management services provided through PMG at O’Bleness are available on self- and physician-referral basis. Self-referred patients will need to have a primary care provider. If a patient does not have a primary care provider, a list of O’Bleness active medical staff healthcare practitioners to choose from is located online at O’Bleness’ website www.obleness.org. For more information, please call 740.566.4750.

About Pain Management Group

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

About O’Bleness Memorial Hospital

O’Bleness Health System l is a private, not-for-profit health system located in Athens, Ohio. O’Bleness has provided healthcare services to the residents of southeastern Ohio since 1921. O’Bleness’ diverse medical staff includes specialists offering a wide range of surgical procedures, treatment options and therapies. For more information, visit www.obleness.org.

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You Don’t Have to Live in Pain

Thursday, December 29th, 2011
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Dr. Robert Gould

The following post was written by Robert E. Gould, DO. Dr. Gould is board certified in phys­i­cal med­i­cine and reha­bil­i­ta­tion and has addi­tional train­ing in pain man­age­ment. He is a mem­ber of Mid­west Pain Treatment Center, an affil­i­ate of Pain Man­age­ment Group.

If you are suf­fer­ing from any one of a num­ber of injuries or ill­nesses, you don’t have to live in pain.

The diag­no­sis and treat­ment of acute and chronic pain is our spe­cialty. We see patients with acute and chronic pain from a vari­ety of con­di­tions. Back, neck and pelvic pain are com­mon com­plaints. We also treat patients with pain from sci­at­ica, headaches, arthri­tis, fibromyal­gia, nerve dam­age, can­cer, mus­cle spasms, surgery, shin­gles, work-related injuries and more.

We under­stand that pain affects every area of life. It inter­feres with work, sleep, mood and behav­ior. In fact, chronic pain affects 119 mil­lion Amer­i­cans – more than dia­betes, heart dis­ease and can­cer com­bined. It is the chief med­ical com­plaint among older Amer­i­cans. The cost of health care and lost pro­duc­tiv­ity due to pain last year was between $560 bil­lion and $635 bil­lion, accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Pain Medicine.

Our goal at our clinics is to con­trol pain so peo­ple can return to their nor­mal every­day activ­i­ties. We offer many safe and proven meth­ods to elim­i­nate or dimin­ish pain.

We begin with a phys­i­cal exam, patient his­tory and radi­o­log­i­cal stud­ies, if nec­es­sary, to deter­mine the cause of your pain. Then we indi­vid­u­al­ize treat­ment with options that include med­ica­tions, injec­tions and elec­tri­cal stim­u­la­tion, among other inter­ven­tions and therapies.

Spe­cific pro­ce­dures include: epidural steroid injec­tions, facet joint injec­tions, radiofre­quency abla­tion, spinal cord stim­u­la­tion, myoneural injec­tion (with or with­out Botox), nucle­o­plasty, selec­tive nerve root block, stel­late gan­glion block and lum­bar sym­pa­thetic block. We have a wide range of med­ica­tions at our dis­posal, includ­ing anti-depressant and anti-seizure drugs.

Effec­tive pain man­age­ment requires a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary approach because everybody’s pain is dif­fer­ent. Our treat­ment phi­los­o­phy involves refer­rals, if needed, to spe­cial­ists such as phys­i­cal ther­a­pists, occu­pa­tional ther­a­pists, psy­chi­a­trists and psy­chol­o­gists who pro­vide exer­cise, cognitive-behavioral ther­apy, coun­sel­ing and other ser­vices to help patients con­trol pain.

The diag­no­sis and treat­ment of pain can be a tricky busi­ness because the rea­son for the pain is not always read­ily appar­ent. As a con­se­quence, good pain man­age­ment requires a thor­ough, mul­ti­fac­eted eval­u­a­tion from expe­ri­enced and spe­cially trained physicians.

Our clinics are ded­i­cated to find­ing and treat­ing the source of pain so our patients can have safe, long-lasting relief and begin to enjoy life again.

To find a pain clinic near you, call 567.225.8080.

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Fisher-Titus Medical Center and Pain Management Group Announce New Pain Clinic

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Fisher-Titus Medical CenterFisher-Titus Medical Center and Pain Management Group in coordination with Samaritan Regional Health System, announce the Tuesday, January 17, 2012 opening of a new pain management clinic bringing comprehensive, primary care pain services to  Ashland, Ohio.

The Fisher-Titus Pain Management Clinic, located at 2212 Mifflin Avenue, Suite 220, Ashland, Ohio 44805, will be open Tuesdays to provide advanced and comprehensive treatments for patients suffering from chronic and acute pain.

Interventional Pain Specialists Zach Zumbar, M.D. and Adam Hedaya, M.D. will direct and diagnosis treatment at the Ashland office. Dr. Hedaya, board certified in pain management, joined the medical staff at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in 2009. Dr. Zach Zumbar, who recently completed fellowship-training in pain management at the Cleveland Clinic and earned his doctor of medicine from The Ohio State University, recently joined the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center team.

“We offer some of the most advanced treatments available today for pain management. These treatments are more tolerable and less invasive than in the past,” said Dr. Zumbar. “Millions of people suffer from chronic pain that affects their daily activities, pain management is proven and effective at getting people back to a normal life,” he added.

If patients who are seen at the Pain Management Center office in Ashland require interventional procedures, they will be referred to the Pain Management Center at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk.

“We started the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center in 2009 as a way to provide our patients the highest-quality pain management care without leaving our community,” said Fisher-Titus President Patrick Martin. “We could not be more pleased with our partnership with Pain Management Group and our ability to help more people through this new clinic,” he continued.

Fisher-Titus works in partnership with Findlay Ohio-based Pain Management Group in providing primary care pain management services.

“PMG looks forward to this new location to serve patients in Ashland and appreciate the support of Samaritan Regional Health System to bring our balanced approach of pain management to the Ashland community,” said John Bookmyer, CEO of  Pain Management Group. “We believe that our approach to treatment is critical for patients to return to a life uninterrupted by acute and chronic pain. It is truly an honor to be working with outstanding health-care providers such as Drs. Zumbar and Hedaya, Fisher-Titus, and Samaritan.”

Appointments for the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center at Ashland can be made by calling 419-660-6901 or 800-668-8788 ext. 6901.

 

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Fisher-Titus Medical Center Announces Expansion of Pain Management Services

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Fisher-Titus Medical Center is expanding services of its Pain Management Center to include an office in the Northern Ohio Medical Specialists (NOMS) building at 2500 W. Strub Road in Sandusky, according to Patrick J. Martin, president and CEO of Fisher-Titus Medical Center.

The Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center offices at NOMS will open December 15 to serve residents of Erie County and surrounding areas with advanced and comprehensive treatments for chronic and acute pain. The office will initially be located in Suite 350 at NOMS.

Interventional Pain Specialist Dr. Adam Hedaya will direct diagnosis and treatment at the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center at NOMS along with Dr. Zach  Zumbar who recently completed fellowship-training  in pain medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.  Dr. Hedaya, board certified in pain management,  joined the medical staff at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in 2009 and at Magruder Hospital in Port Clinton in 2010.  Dr. Zach Zumbar, who earned his doctor of medicine from The Ohio State University, recently joined the Pain Management teams at both Fisher-Titus and Magruder.

If patients who are seen at the NOMS site require interventional procedures, they will be referred to either the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center in Norwalk or the Magruder Hospital Pain Management Center in Port Clinton.

“We offer some of the most advanced treatments available today for pain management. These treatments are more tolerable and less invasive than in the past,” said Dr. Hedaya. “Millions of people suffer from chronic pain that affects their daily activities, pain management is proven and effective at getting people back to a normal life,” he added.

“We are pleased to work with Fisher-Titus and the Pain Management Group in bringing these expanded services to Erie County residents,” commented Dr. Lou Ralofsky, CEO of NOMS.

“The pain clinic will deliver personalized patient care of the highest quality in a caring and compassionate environment,” Dr. Hedaya added. “We are dedicated to providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and balanced approach to pain care, which offers the best option for a patient’s condition.”

Call 419-660-6901 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

About Fisher-Titus Medical Center
Fisher-Titus Medical Center is a non-profit community hospital that serves Norwalk, Huron County and the region with the latest medical advancements providing the area’s 70,000-plus residents a full continuum of care. Fisher-Titus is recognized as an Accredited Chest Pain Center, a Primary Stroke Center and a Level 3 Trauma Center. The Medical Center also was named among Modern Healthcare’sTop 100 Best Places to Work for three consecutive years and Best Cancer Care by the American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer Approval with Seven Commendations in 2011.For more information, visit www.fisher-titus.org.

About Northern Ohio Medical Specialists
Northern Ohio Medical Specialist is a multi-specialty physician groupfounded in 2000, with over 45 physicians and offices located in Bellevue, Clyde, Fremont, Huron, Norwalk, Port Clinton, Sandusky and Willard, Ohio. A 110,000 square foot facility, located in Sandusky,houses physical and occupational therapy, occupational medicine, women’s center, wellness/fitness center, urgent care, laboratory and imaging, among others. For more information, visit www.nomsdrs.com.

About Pain Management Group
Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

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What Hospital Partners Are Saying About Pain Management Group

Thursday, November 10th, 2011
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We are about a year into our exclusive arrangement with Pain Management Group whereby we joint ventured with them to provide our hospital-based, outpatient pain management clinic. Their physicians are fellowship-trained, board-certified pain specialists with well-rounded medical backgrounds and a skill set that is easily adaptable to various conditions within our clinic. Pain Management Group has consistently met all of our expectations and we value our current partnership and certainly look forward to it continuing well into the future.

-Michael E. Long, President & CEO, Magruder Hospital

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Pain Management Group Seeks Marketing Manager

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Pain Management GroupPain Management Group in Findlay, OH is seeking a full-time marketing manager for the Columbus, Ohio region.

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Act as a steward of the PMG brand through support of the brand promise, vision, position and personality, and help achieve stated business goals for PMG
  • Continue to develop and continuously strengthen brand positioning in the market
  • Contribute to brand, marketing and PR strategy discussions
  • Assist hospital marketing staff in development and execution of strategic marketing plans to achieve pain clinic objectives
  • Travel throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers
  • Plan and conduct market research to identify level of satisfaction and opportunities
  • Provide post-event reports, analysis, and regular status reports on marketing programs
  • Help establish and maintain consistent corporate image throughout product lines, promotional materials and events
  • Target, promote and call on existing physician groups and develop positive relationships with new physician groups to achieve customer objectives
  • Measure and communicate marketing effectiveness

Position Requirements:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in marketing/PR/communications or related field
  • Successful experience in marketing, PR or communications preferred
  • Healthcare experience is a plus
  • Computer literate with proficiency with Microsoft Office, desktop publishing and social media resources
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-starter with demonstrated ability to set priorities, coordinate multiple projects and independently problem-solve in a timely fashion
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to consistently follow through and meet deadlines
  • Ability to analyze, evaluate and utilize data to monitor effectiveness of marketing efforts
  • Able to flex work hours as needed

Submit cover letter, resume and three references to: pgiammarco@painmgmtgroup.com.

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