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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

To the ACA's detractors, Medicaid expansion is a hostile government takeover that must be opposed in principle, regardless of potential benefits of an infusion of federal dollars. In fiscal year 2011, Medicaid spending totaled $414 billion, with two-thirds going to services for disabled elderly persons.

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Direct Primary Care - Role for the Future of Healthcare

The Direct Doctors Difference

Looking back to 2014, when we began, there were less than 100. Doctors (and other types of “providers” of healthcare) are tasked with seeing 20-25 patients in an 8 hour day, writing notes that are geared toward insurance billing, and charging for every extra they can manage - all to make the corporate system more profitable.

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DSCSA’s Wholesale Drug Distributor and Third-Party Logistics Provider Regulations and Preemption of State Laws: Now Dancing on the “Floor” and the “Ceiling”

FDA Law Blog

As the drug distribution industry is well aware, and as blogged about here , on February 4, 2022, FDA published its long-awaited proposed rule titled “ National Standards for the Licensure of Wholesale Drug Distributors and Third-party Logistic Providers ” (87 Fed. 2) State regulation of third-party logistics providers. 6,708 (Feb.

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From GRP to SIUU – the Evolution of FDA Guidance on Off-Label Dissemination of Scientific Information

FDA Law Blog

By Dara Katcher Levy — Yesterday, FDA published a new Draft Guidance, “ Communications from Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products Questions and Answers ” (SIUU Guidance or Draft Guidance).

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FDA Publishes Discussion Paper Seeking Feedback on 3D Printing of Medical Devices at the Point of Care

FDA Law Blog

In October 2014, FDA held a public workshop titled “Additive Manufacturing of Medical Devices: An Interactive Discussion on the Technical Considerations of 3D Printing.” The discussion paper provides an overview of FDA’s current approach to regulation of 3D-printed devices. use in education, construction, art, and jewelry).

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Get the 4-1-1 on your 1099s: 5th and 7th Circuits Permit Paying Volume-Based Compensation to Independent Sales Agents

FDA Law Blog

Two recent cases from the Fifth and Seventh Circuits, however, support the legality of these arrangements in the absence of the government proving certain circumstances. Mallory , 988 F.3d 3d 730 (4th Cir. Sorenson follows the Fifth Circuits decision last year in United States v. Marchetti, 96 F.4th Marchetti, 96 F.4th Polin , 194 F.3d

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FDA’s Issues Draft Guidance on Accelerated Approval: A Substantial Evidentiary and Procedural Overhaul to this High-Profile Pathway

FDA Law Blog

Sasinowski On December 5, 2024, FDA published a new draft guidance on accelerated approval providing a much needed and substantial update to its guidance on the pathway. However, the 2014 Guidance cannot be ignored entirely. By Charles G. Raver & James E. Valentine & Ellis Unger & Frank J.

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