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From Numbers to Names: How Concierge Care is Redefining the Doctor-Patient Experience

Concierge Choice Physicians

Wayne Lipton, CCP Managing Partner ​America’s trust in medical professionals is dwindling, according to Gallup’s annual professions rating , dropping from a high of 67% in 2021 to just 53% in 2024. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal interviewed physicians, attempting to make sense of the declining numbers.

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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

Increasingly, health insurers, private hospitals, and even nonprofits are behaving as though they aim first to extract revenue, and only second to care for people. We should no longer be debating whether or not having health care insurance is better than not having it. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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

FDA Law Blog

According to the prosecution, Defendants Chu and Loh: deliberately withheld information about the defective and dangerous dehumidifiers from the retail companies that bought the dehumidifiers; from the insurance companies that paid for damage caused by the fires resulting from the dehumidifiers; and from the CPSC. See 15 U.S.C. § 2070.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

In 2024, 82% of ABIM Board Certified rheumatologists due for an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. ABIM does not contact individual programs with a lower pass rate to initiate changes to the program.

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Pharmacists in Florida (and Elsewhere): Waive Prescribing Red Flags at Your Peril

FDA Law Blog

50,372 , 50,377 (June 13, 2024). Alternating Between Cash and Insurance According to the government’s expert, patients paying for prescriptions with insurance and for others with cash is a red flag for those paid with cash. paid cash for oxycodone at Coconut Grove while using insurance for alprazolam at a different pharmacy.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

Instead, the statement supported a more individualized approach with a scheduled endoscopy if patients have no symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia or abdominal distention. A lot of plans require a prior approval for each dose, and insurance plans are making access really difficult.”

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2023 IS the Year for OTC Naloxone!

FDA Law Blog

While many states have had standing orders that allow for the dispensing of naloxone without an individual prescription, “harm reduction programs” that provide products and services to at-risk individuals still faced logistical difficulties in acquiring naloxone due to its prescription-only status which I discussed in this October 2022 blog post.

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