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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

Regulatory Framework The AKS makes it a criminal felony to knowingly and willfully offer or pay any remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce a person to order or refer patients for medical care that is reimbursable under a federal healthcare program (e.g., Medicare or Medicaid). In contrast to its decision in United States v.

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The 340B Showdown: HRSA Proceeds Towards Enforcement Despite Litigation

FDA Law Blog

A growing list of drug manufacturers are claiming that the discounts meant for low-income patients of 340B covered entities are instead contributing to profits for pharmacies that contract with covered entities to dispense 340B drugs.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Initially, it was just because there weren’t really answers for my patients. We’re going to go into how to talk to patients about this, because Emmy, you’ve done some research on it. Because to me, the cognitive concerns are the ones that the patient is not likely to self identify. Eric: Yeah. Is it common?

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

Naheed 15:56 2014. Eric 15:57 2014. I’m guessing, like here, especially in 2014, almost none of it was. And I wonder if that is key in patients, people who are experiencing homelessness as well. And that’s about half of our referrals. Eric 15:54 What year did you start peach? Yeah, yeah.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. These studies are important. I don’t see a lot of those out there.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Nat Genet 2014; 46:1274. Both the motor movements and characteristics of the seizure, as well as the duration, are really hard to assess in a patient’s home. You should develop a specific plan for each patient with each patient. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. A pediatric neurologist.

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