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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. These lab tests are performed for physicians, substance abuse treatment centers and other types of organizations.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. These lab tests are performed for physicians, substance abuse treatment centers and other types of organizations.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

We now have biomarkers that can reasonably approximate the degree of amyloid build-up in the brain with a simple blood test. We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. What is that screening test gonna do for me? Great to be back.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. He had a very aggressive lymphoma, highly aggressive, with a lot of different medical conditions. I slowly introduced higher doses as he recovered from his medical conditions that were acute. William: 80%.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

2018 Nov;142(5):e20181009. Epub 2018 Oct 8. Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. So what’s the evaluation and management for simple febrile seizures? How do we evaluate and manage them?

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