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Primary Care Perspectives on Access to Specialty Care in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Method Study [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

From 2012 to 2022, rural supply decreased for pulmonologists (-41.7%), neurologists (-16.5%), and cardiologists (-5.6%); oncologists increased (20.0%). Barriers included workforce shortages, travel times, geography, inclement weather, and insurance limitations. Objective: This study sought to analyze changes in the U.S.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. This again illustrates how DPC is an escape fire.

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law

12, 2012). “[W]hen the circumstances surrounding the presentation of a prescription would give rise to suspicion in a ‘reasonable professional,’ there is a duty to question the prescription.” Immediate Release Opioids A prescription for immediate release (“IR”) opioids on a set schedule or for a certain length of time. Complaint ¶ 64.

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

FDA Law

12, 2012) (quoting Bob’s Pharmacy & Diabetic Supplies; Revocation of Registration, 74 Fed. Improper Dosing for Pain Management. Cash payment for controlled prescriptions rather than payment by insurance (or worker’s compensation) is another red flag. Holiday CVS, L.L.C. d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy Nos. 62,316, 62,341 (Oct.

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

GeriPal

There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. Healthcare, just the way healthcare is structured, that’s not something that’s feasible unless there’s a specific symptom management need that allows for more care, but just to provide simple care doesn’t exist.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

But at any age, like, as Emily said, it is so important to pay attention to nutrition and healthy eating because it’s not just about, oh, chronic disease prevention or even treatment and management. But if your patient is not able to do those things, I wouldn’t say don’t have insurer. Anna 32:07 Yeah.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

He and Harvard colleague Celeste Royce have sued AHRQ, HHS , and the Office of Personnel Management over removal of the article. To track covid, he relied on daily feeds of private insurance data from around the country. It briefly mentioned that LGBTQ men were at a higher risk for suicide than the general population.