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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. in 2006 to 1.9% Owning a car is a choice.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

I joined SCPMG straight from residency in 2006. Don’t miss out on this compelling conversation — watch the chat on YouTube or listen to it on your podcast platform of choice. And don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss future Permanente Medicine programming. Guest Wadie L. Marcos, D.O. Marcos, tell us who you are and what you do.

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FDA to Require Breast Density Notification Amongst Other Updates to Mammography Regulations

FDA Law Blog

See Government Accountability Office, “ GAO-06-724 Mammography: Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations ” (July 2006). Current regulations do not require breast density notification to be part of the healthcare provider report or the lay summary to the patient.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. Afterwards, we chat with the prison’s chaplain, Keith Knauf. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers.

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“If You’ve Got Legitimate Suspenders, Don’t Have an Unconstitutional Belt:” Federalist Society Panel’s Take on Jarkesy and the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

FDA Law Blog

142 includes some new provisions (compared to previous iterations of the bill) to expressly provide for the Federal trade Commission (“FTC”) to obtain forfeiture and civil penalties in an administrative proceeding initiated by the Commission. 2233 (2013) , that so-called reverse payment settlement agreements are presumptively unlawful.

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FDA Flips It and Reverses It: FDA Withdraws HHS Withdrawal of UDI Guidance

FDA Law Blog

As explained in CPG 440.100 and on FDA’s website , FDA adopted the “Unapproved Drug Initiative” (“UDI”) in 2006—later revised in 2011 —to remove unapproved drugs from the market using a risk-based approach both to ensure the safety and efficacy of all drug products on the market and the integrity of the drug approval process.

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