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Identifying and Resolving Red Flags: DEA Continues to “Run it Up the Flagpole”

FDA Law Blog

at 62,341; see Jones Total Healthcare Pharmacy, L.L.C. 27, 2010). Cash payment for controlled prescriptions rather than payment by insurance (or worker’s compensation) is another red flag. Some patients choose to pay cash to avoid insurance rejections that would alert pharmacists of potential abuse or diversion.

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

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We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. So in 2010, there were about 150,000 incarcerated people in California.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

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Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life. So it’s, you know, nursing homes are part of the healthcare sector, but they’re also part of the social care sector in the same building. Eric 07:50 Alex, I’m going to go way back in your memory bank. Alex actually was a.