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Biogen agrees to pay $900 million in largest FCA Settlement Ever Secured without Government’s Intervention

FDA Law Blog

Mr. Bawduniak alleged that, between 2009 and 2014, Biogen paid illegal kickbacks to its largest prescribers to induce them to prescribe the company’s multiple sclerosis drugs, Avonex, Tysabri and Tecfidera, and discourage them from prescribing newer competitor products. This lawsuit was brought to the U.S. See United States ex rel.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities. Devika: Thank You. Eric: Thank you.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities. Devika: Thank You. Eric: Thank you.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

I think that study was really important, especially I think the message that I give people is you can do something as simple as calling a consultation and improve quality of life months later. Now, some of the other secondary things, you know, you may have have seen if it was trigger of specialty palliative care consultations.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

And the hard part is, as a provider in palliative care, I actually have very little say of which hospice the individuals we consult to go to. What happened, and I was directly a part of, not in an ownership or employed way, but in a consultant and supporter way of a number of the early for-profits.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

Eric: When I try to think about what a doula does, should I call it a consult? In fact, I worked for senior care options payer-provider in Massachusetts, where I am coupled end-of-life care from hospice back in 2009. It just depends. That’s probably too medical. I’m using my medical brain. John: A partnership.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Many years ago for the first study; I believe it was in 2009, 2010; I met with Susan Mitchell at the Institute for Aging Research, and told her that I wanted to study the use of feeding tubes for people with advanced dementia. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. My question is, why this study, and why now?