Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. Some of those providers are now seeking payment from her.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Gonzalez — The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published a series of articles as part of its special report “What’s Ahead for Artificial Intelligence.” Javitt & Steven J. Three of these articles focus on medical applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) and explore FDA’s role in regulating such products.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 19, 2023

In this blog we examine the Special Controls put in place to mitigate false results, incorrect interpretation of results, and incorrect operation of the device. The Special Controls are silent on what would constitute appropriate levels of evidence necessary to satisfy this criterion. analytical, clinical and stability).

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Importantly, the Hub is intended to establish a new model within FDA, which leverages cross-Agency expertise in providing guidance and conducting reviews for products for rare disease populations. those reviewed by the CDER Division of Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics).

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 8, 2023

The discussion paper described a PCCP as including (1) the types of anticipated modifications (SaMD Pre-Specifications or SPS) based on the retraining and model update strategy and (2) the associated methodology (Algorithm Change Protocol or ACP) being used to implement those changes in a controlled manner to manage patient risks.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a complex and progressive disease requiring highly specialized care, especially in emergency situations. When patients with DMD present in the Emergency Department (ED), an understanding of the nuanced aspects of their care is essential for optimal management.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

In a DCT, trial-related activities may occur in trial participants’ homes, at local health care providers’ offices, or in local clinical laboratories. With regard to clinical trial visits and activities, the draft guidance provides examples of the types of approaches that may be possible with a DCT.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

However, the diagnostic approach used to determine changes in clinical management of renal disease (i.e. Additionally, research has shown that using symptom-prompted modifications to management, in the context of shared decision-making, can improve outcomes. dialysis, transplant) is multifactorial; it is not based on eGFR alone.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And HF‑related AI requests are especially nerve‑racking to manage, because of the ever‑present threat that the study must be repeated to adequately respond. as a de novo special control or in a guidance document for a specific device type). Comments on the draft guidance are due on or about March 8, 2023.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

A special thanks to Dr. Cristina Tarango, director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Cincinnati Children’s and Lisa Littner, Project Manager at Cincinnati Children’s who helped me research and write this post. Epub 2023 Jan 16. Epub 2021 Oct 10. PMID: 34628693. Adv Clin Chem. 2023;113:273-315. 2022.12.001.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

“It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

The content is provided for information purposes only. Ibogaine shows potential for promoting neuroplasticity and aiding recovery, though it carries cardiac risks that require careful management. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

On November 17th, CMS issued its final guidance on the Discount Program in which it responded to public comments and provided updated guidance for the Discount Program for 2025 and 2026. Below, we provide a high-level summary of the Final Guidance, focusing on the legal and regulatory updates from the May 2023 draft guidance.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

About 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point between July 2022 and July 2023 because of the cost, according to a KFF survey. Back in February, we asked you, our listeners, to tell us how you’ve managed when your prescriptions got really expensive. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Learn how to recognize and manage cases in the emergency department, ask the right questions to uncover inhalant use, and provide critical resources for prevention and support. Formulate effective strategies for identifying, managing, and preventing inhalant misuse in pediatric patients. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2023; 61:453.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

The proposed Manufacturing Resiliency Assessment Program (MRAP) would be managed as a public-private partnership and would assign resilience scores to manufacturers of generic drugs, “based on an assessment of manufacturer practices and past performance.” Section I.C methylphenidate, dextroamphetamine).

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. She happened to focus on some specific for-profit hospice providers. JAMA Health Forum.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution. James 01:34 Yeah, right on.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. Naomi: Well, I have a special place of not being a doctor within this great group of people. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004. 2023.11.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38129210. Kleinman, A.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

To provide context, we are joined by Karen Steinhauser, a social scientist at Duke who has been studying spirituality for years (and published one of the most cited papers in palliative care on factors considered important at the end of life , as well as one of my favorite qualitative papers to give to research trainees ).

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Think about CPC+.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. In the United States in 2023, the truth of the matter is you don’t need very many individual risk factors to become homeless. Margot: Yes. But the folks who are homeless are much more likely to have a really high burden of these individual risk factors.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 27, 2025

There is good evidence that federal nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously known as "food stamps") and Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) improve health.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the administration’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, framed Medicaid as sagging under the weight of improper payments. “Look, one out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.” billion were improper.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

And we would provide ongoing longitudinal care to them in the home, much like the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors programs, and other programs like that. And the treatments are different than what hospice might provide in the home setting. By the year 2000, everyone will be in a Medicare managed care plan.” Tacara: Exactly.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. What was life for you as a provider pre-pandemic? And so we’re able to provide access to those patients that may be home-bound or home limited or have a lot of struggles to get in. Stories trump data.

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