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Get the 4-1-1 on your 1099s: 5th and 7th Circuits Permit Paying Volume-Based Compensation to Independent Sales Agents

FDA Law Blog

The government asserted that Marchetti had relationships with, access to, and influence over doctors, but failed to show that Marchetti exercised any impermissible influence on them. As such, neither Sorensen nor the entities he paid had any authority to act on behalf of a physician or unduly influence[d] the doctors decisions. Miles , 360 F.3d

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. I finished my fellowship in ’88. Why did you go into it?