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Affordable Care Act linked to reduced smoking among US adults with mental health and substance use disorders

Medical Xpress

During the first decade following passage of the Affordable Care Act (enacted March 2010), U.S. adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) experienced significant increases in health insurance coverage. They also showed significant reductions in smoking and increases in recent smoking abstinence.

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The Code is Cracked: Interchangeable Biologics are Here

FDA Law

Though Congress enacted the pathway for approval of interchangeable biosimilars in 2010 in an effort to incentivize competition to address the high prices of biologics, no sponsor had yet to crack the code to interchangeable approval until now.

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Legislative passage of Medicare

The Health Policy Exchange

health care legislation until the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Like every federally financed health insurance initiative to come, Medicare ended up costing substantially more than initially projected. (In This short video produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation summarizes changes that occurred in the program in the intervening years.

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Ensuring the ACA Contraceptive Mandate Meets the Original Intention of Congress

FDA Law

The imposition of insurance-related hurdles beyond FDA approval, such as time-consuming prior authorizations or costly co-payments, can impede access to critical health care, such as contraceptives. In some instances, however, this is only the first hurdle to make innovative products available to patients. 300gg-13(a)(4).

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

FDA Law

DEA regulations state that a pharmacist has a corresponding responsibility not to fill a prescription unless it is issued for a “legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of [their] professional practice.” 27, 2010). Cocktail Medications. and SND Health Care, L.L.C.; at 72,729-30.

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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

GeriPal

Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life. And assisted living doesn’t offer the same level of medical supportive services as nursing homes. You know, they’re trying to give medication to a number of patients. Alex actually was a. I think senior author.