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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In an Op-Ed about his nascent reform plan that appeared in the Boston Globe in November 2004, Governor Romney proposed applying "carrots and sticks" to persons who could afford private health insurance but had chosen not to purchase it. Governor Mitt Romney signs the Massachusetts health reform bill as Ted Kennedy looks on. Phillips, Jr.

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Happy 40th Anniversary Hatch-Waxman! We’re Celebrating By Providing Access to a New Archive

FDA Law Blog

FDA responded to the Citizen Petitions on February 27, 2004, and issued a Press Release on March 2, 2004 (yeah, we saved that as well) concerning the PIV List. Some would initially refer to the new law as Waxman-Hatch, but during the 1990s it became known as Hatch-Waxman. Is it over the hill? (Or We wanted something different.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

Some healthcare providers may recommend an MRI or ultrasound. In 2024, I had another scare. My annual mammogram picked up calcifications again. After speaking with the radiologist, she said, best case scenario, it’s nothing, and worst case scenario, it is DCIS. She again recommended an MRI with contrast and another breast biopsy.

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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 Seventh Circuit took a more lenient approach than the Fourth Circuit, focusing its rationale on whether an independent contractor had improper influence over a healthcare providers independent healthcare decisions. Sorenson follows the Fifth Circuits decision last year in United States v. Marchetti, 96 F.4th Marchetti, 96 F.4th

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New Technologies and 3D Imaging — “The Virtual Microscope”

CDOCS

As an endodontic specialist, patients have higher expectations when visiting my practice, so I feel the need to go above and beyond to provide quality treatment. This will continue to build our reputation as local experts to assist our referring dentist in a team approach in providing the highest quality of care to our community.</span></p>

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FDA Issues Two Guidance Documents on Food Allergen Labeling Requirements

FDA Law Blog

In addition to providing additional examples of tree nuts, the draft guidance states that FDA considers the following categories of fish to be major food allergens under Section 201(qq): Jawless fish (e.g., 1, 2023; The applicability of food allergen labeling requirements to specific products (e.g., 1, 2023, sesame. trout); and.

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FDA’s Issues Draft Guidance on Accelerated Approval: A Substantial Evidentiary and Procedural Overhaul to this High-Profile Pathway

FDA Law Blog

Sasinowski On December 5, 2024, FDA published a new draft guidance on accelerated approval providing a much needed and substantial update to its guidance on the pathway. FDAs application and use of accelerated approval has evolved dramatically since it was first developed by the Agency to help address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s.

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