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Get the 4-1-1 on your 1099s: 5th and 7th Circuits Permit Paying Volume-Based Compensation to Independent Sales Agents

FDA Law Blog

The Court explained that the unsigned prescriptions sent to physicians are best understood as proposals for care, not as referrals. 2024) , which affirmed Marchettis conviction for receiving illegal kickbacks but determined that most of his actions did not violate the AKS. In contrast to its decision in United States v. Polin , 194 F.3d

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

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Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services.

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A Podcast on Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

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Updated February 26, 2024. As always, Im your host, Brad Sobolewski, and today were diving into an important topic, inhalant misuse, with a special focus on nitrous oxide. You can either get one little individual canister of nitrous, or a big canister which costs about 120 to 120. References Perry H, Burns MM. Ganetsky M (ed).

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And, you know, I just thought it was a really special song. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 11:05 So is there a trigger or what’s your referral criteria for the outpatient clinic?

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

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Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. We randomized individual patients either to the SKY framework or to usual care. And so helping physicians have more fluency in general spiritual care and how to make referrals to specialists when needed.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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And interesting enough, this is a really fascinating study that just got published in JAMA I M in December of 2024. And is it at all individualized to the patient? Danny 12:07 I don’t know how individualized it is. And that included scheduling a visit with a, with a facilitator who had been specially trained.