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"Walking this line:" Primary Care Practice experiences with workforce strain since the COVID-19 pandemic [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Eighteen primary care practices and systems across the United States (US) diverse in size, location, composition, and 2019-2020 revenue change. As government relief funds ended, leaders noted needing to cut back on workforce strategies implemented during the pandemic. Instrument: Semi-structured interview guide.

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Approaches for Quelling Stigma related to COVID-19

BMJ

A multilayered view of stigmatizing discourses lays the foundation for eliciting a series of suggestions for quelling stigma, to be implemented at the individual, community, and national levels, as suggested by the WHO. Yet, as Tenkorang 7 made the point, it is simply not enough to only implement approaches at the community level.

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The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

Koblitz — You know a court decision is going to be worth reading when the judges compare FDA’s regulatory governance of flavored e-cigarettes to a Shakespearean gaslighting. By David B. Clissold & Sara W. FDA said randomized clinical trials could be used, but so could observational studies with respect to cessation data.

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Supreme Court Finds CMS’ Reduction of Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Rates for 340B Hospitals was Not Authorized by Statute

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule to significantly decrease the rate the government will reimburse 340B hospitals in 2018 for outpatient prescription drugs from average sales price (“ASP”) plus 6% to ASP minus 22.5%. By Faraz Siddiqui & Alan M. 52494 (Nov. See 42 U.S.C.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

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. His job was governed by an employment contract that contained both salary provisions and restrictive covenants.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

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. His job was governed by an employment contract that contained both salary provisions and restrictive covenants.

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Episode 200: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 11 – Racism, Redlining, and the Path Towards Reconciliation

The Clinical Problem Solvers

In contrast, de jure segregation refers to the involvement of federal, state, and local governments in creating, structuring, designing, reinforcing, and perpetuating segregation. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein shares two examples of potential remedies to segregation.