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How to Commit Billing Fraud by Injecting Amniotic Products 101

While the single biggest medical scam of the 21st century to date is clinics that offer umbilical cord “stem cell” therapy and instead inject dead cells, a close second is the mounting billing fraud happening in amniotic injections used to treat arthritis. Right now, we likely have hundreds of physician offices risking federal prison time…read more

Regenexx Achieves a Major Covered Patient Milestone

Regenexx is the only network of physicians offering orthobiologics that has legitimate insurance coverage. Last month in June, we reached a major milestone in covered patients. Let’s dive in. Regenexx Corporate The Regenexx corporate program is designed to allow employers to add interventional orthobiologics procedures to their health plans. What’s in it for them? They…read more

FDA Clarifies It’s Position on “Stem Cell” Bad Actors

The FDA has been active in issuing “Consumer Alerts” recently. A new one issued this week was mostly missed by even ardent regulatory watchers. This extremely important document makes it very clear which orthobiologics are and are not legal. Let’s dig in. The NEW FDA Consumer Alert The FDA just issued a “Consumer Alert on…read more

Blood Transfusions from Exercised Mice Convey Benefits to Lazy Mice

One of the more interesting fields in regenerative medicine is the idea that blood transfusions from young animals seem to help old animals. Now there’s a new twist on that research which shows that exercised animals can convey the benefits of all of that activity by transferring good things from their blood into lazy mice. …read more

The Future of Regen Med Depends on a Change in Thinking

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” -Issac Asimov, Foundation As a nerdy teenager reading science fiction books and engaged in science, Issac Asimov was kind of a hero to me in the same way that sports figures were to most kids. His quote above is important to understand how medicine needs to evolve…read more

Stem Cell Centers Gets Sued for Consumer Fraud

Stem Cell Centers is one of the many nurse staffed clinics that make claims about antiaging and treating a panoply of incurable diseases with “stem cells” and exosomes. The company is now being charged in Iowa and Nebraska with consumer fraud. Let’s dig in. Stem Cell Centers This company is owned primarily by a chiropractor…read more

Corticosteroids Can Be Nasty!

We doctors like to hand out prescriptions for corticosteroids like we’re handing out scripts for M&Ms. Add to that the fact that many physicians routinely inject steroids all over the body and this is one of the most widely used medications on the planet. Now new research shows that even small scripts for these powerful…read more

SI Joint Fusion? The Most Unnecessary Spine Surgery?

Several years ago I began to see a very disturbing trend. Pain management physicians fusing SI joints. While we were supposed to be the good guys who offered patients non-surgical options, instead we were now just another specialty where invasive surgery could be monetized. SI joint fusion is a great example of this slippery slope.…read more