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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Joseph, the family medicine practice is committed to providing exceptional, affordable, patient-centered primary care in SW Michigan without reliance on insurance companies for payment of services. Joseph followed a traditional fee-for-service model, billing insurance companies for patient care. Anchored at 147 Peace Boulevard in St.

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Silence Isn’t Golden: Two Executives Convicted in First Criminal Prosecution Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

FDA Law

According to the government, these companies knew as early as 2012 that their dehumidifiers were defective, in that they could overheat and catch fire. At the time, in 2016, the Gree Companies’ settlement for $15.45 The government charged these individuals with conspiracy (18 U.S.C. §

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at her local CVS. Kennedy Jr.,

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

FDA Law

10, 2016); East Main Street Pharmacy; Affirmance of Suspension Order, 75 Fed. The Government alleged that Gulf Med regularly filled prescriptions for patients who traveled “an unusual distance” to obtain their prescriptions. Holiday CVS, 77 Fed. at 62,341; see Jones Total Healthcare Pharmacy, L.L.C. and SND Health Care, L.L.C.;

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

2015, 2016. And then 2016 after CMMI finished the evaluation, it looked good, nothing happened. You come over to the clinic, you go to the hospital, you provide service, and the insurance and you negotiate how much you’re going to get paid. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance. Malaz: Yeah.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 2)

FDA Law

This bill, which addresses numerous areas of the economy, public health, and government regulation, includes Subtitle E, Drug Pricing. PART 1: MAXIMUM FAIR PRICE PAYMENT LIMITATION UNDER MEDICARE PARTS B AND D AND THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE MARKET. Subtitle E is a slightly modified version of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. 8126 with a lower MFP.

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Court Strikes Down CMS’s Accumulator Adjustment Rule That Threatened Manufacturer Patient Savings Programs

FDA Law

Insurers argue that the savings programs cause patients and their physicians to favor brand drugs over generics or cheaper formulary alternatives. Thus, CMS imposed upon manufacturers the onus of somehow determining whether a particular patient’s insurance plan has an accumulator program and then negating it.