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Low-Value Opioid Prescribing Trends for Acute Low-Back Pain in Rural Virginia Between 2019-2021 [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted LVOP, particularly among vulnerable communities. Objective A) Evaluate LVOP in Virginia during 2019-2021, and B) determine variation in LVOP for rural patients and those with low income in Virginia from 2019-2021. Study Design and Analysis Retrospective cohort study.

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Churning out of insurance among patients with diabetes served in US Community Health Centers [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Health insurance instability may be particularly challenging for patients with diabetes who need regular chronic care management to reduce the risk of diabetes complications. Outcome Measures: Churning was defined as having two or more consecutive uninsured visits after the baseline insured visit.

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Episode 282: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples

The Clinical Problem Solvers

During this episode, we hear from Dr. Nav Persaud, a staff physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Additionally, Indigenous communities experience lower life expectancy, higher burden of disease, and lower socioeconomic status compared to non-Indigenous Peoples.

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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. S&G Labs is primarily compensated by patient’s insurance providers. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § EKRA Issue.

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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. S&G Labs is primarily compensated by patient’s insurance providers. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § EKRA Issue.

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

In our prior podcast with Ira Byock on psychedelics in 2019 we talked primarily about the potential of psychedelics. Psychedelics have been used by communities around the globe for hundreds of years (or more). And yet there are reasons for caution. Ethical issues , including colonization of psychedelics by big pharma.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

So we take that science and we apply it to something that’s very messy and chaotic, like a human being or a community or a population. I think it started off from a need, a hunger in the community. But I really wanted this project to be a love letter to that community. A love letter kind of back to my community.

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