California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

Proposed Changes to Prescription Drug Coverage Prescription Drug Utilization Management- Implements utilization management and prior authorization for prescription drugs. Elimination of Acupuncture Optional Medi-Cal Benefit – Eliminates acupuncture as an optional benefit for all beneficiaries.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

Guided by the Andersen model of health care utilization, we identified predisposing, enabling, need, and structural community characteristics from public data sources. Analyses were performed from 2023 to 2024. RESULTS In Virginia, 56.0% of census tracts had adequate PCP access.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For further information see GP-MATE ( warwick.ac.uk ) Outcome Measures Our feasibility study explores suitable outcome measures for a potential trial including hospital readmission, patient experience, primary care utilization and harm/error. Early results from our 9-month feasibility pilot (commencing Spring 2024) will be presented.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The r/Hidradenitis subreddit is an actively growing community that boasts 40,485 subscribers as of August 2024. As the popularity of Reddit among patients continues to grow, new research is emerging that utilizes Reddit as a source for first-hand accounts of patient experiences,” wrote Vineeth R. Vaidyula and colleagues in Cureus.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) adopted a resolution (policy guidance) in 2024 related to addressing food insecurity in Minnesota. An excerpt follows: 2024-04.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 4, 2024

Logansport Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of a new pain management center on April 1, 2024. Our team of providers utilizes an interdisciplinary model of care, including physical therapy, neurology, primary care, medical imaging, and other areas to address patient well-being from multiple perspectives.

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Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

When we meet with hospitals who utilize a local pulmonology group about a critical care partnership, we aim to involve the local pulmonary practice early and deliberately when appropriate. Sound partnerships are forged with patient needs at the forefront, and this means involving those who have cared for patients in the ICU up to that point.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Further, FDA has stated that enabling advanced data analytics, including RWD, is one of the objectives incorporated in the FDA’s Information Technology Strategy for FY 2024-2027. We, and many stakeholders, agree that RWD and RWE can play an invaluable role. Based on this data set, RWD/RWE were identified by FDA as being used in a trivial 0.34

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

FDA-2024-N-3945 ] announcing the publication of a draft strategy document, for public comment, outlining specific actions FDA plans to take to facilitate the use of innovative manufacturing technologies. Supporting and utilizing ongoing initiatives for advanced manufacturing to address potential barriers.

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PEMBlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I am excited to share the recording of the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine Fall Virtual Education Session , originally held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 focused on delivering timely and actionable feedback, along with strategies to develop and implement sustainable feedback programs.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

At its core, the technology utilizes sophisticated speech recognition to transcribe a conversation in the exam room or at the bedside. These systems also provide a consistent note structure, which can improve the overall readability and utility of patient records. Published May 13, 2024. Stanford Health Care. RAISE Health.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The recommendations in the draft guidance address: The wording of UTH claims based on RSS for use on adult maintenance cat food labeling; The RSS criteria to substantiate those UTH claims; and The study data that CVM recommends to demonstrate the utility and target animal safety of the cat food.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

released in April 2024, marks the first update since 2020. This update incorporates new guidelines and enhancements to address the evolving needs of the healthcare industry, improving the clarity and utility of the submitted information. The latest iteration, version 5.0,

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

This hardly provides clarification and seems to limit the topics that could utilize this method of feedback. This draft guidance is open for comments through May 14, 2024, which can be submitted online. In addition, the draft guidance, incorporated the 1998 guidance on PMA Day 100 Meetings.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 23, 2025

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on hiring a marketing consultant gives this tip: 3. Reynolds Feature Article Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts. lightbulb doodle © Matias - stock.adobe.com With all the useful information available on Physicians Practice, it is easy to become overwhelmed.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 17, 2022

Currently, a health care provider identifies any discarded quantity from such a vial in the claim using a JW modifier, and Medicare Part B pays for both the utilized and the discarded amount. For example, the October 1, 2025 report will contain claims for 2Q 2024 through 1Q 2025, plus lagged claims from 2Q 2023 through 1Q 2024.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

One less utilized method (and for good reason) to gain more certitude is the 513(g) Request for Information. As an example, we filed a 513(g) request in December 2024. Sometimes, though, there is no clear precedent, and the product’s regulatory status falls into an undiscovered country.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Valentine On November 19, 2024, FDA released a draft guidance titled Frequently Asked Questions Developing Potential Cellular and Gene Therapy Products. Tobolowsky & Charles G. Raver & James E.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

FDA will discuss the goals letter and field public comments, on September 28, 2021 (announcement here ), as well as a separate workshop on meetings management practices, which is to be held by July 30, 2024. based upon the anticipated clinical benefit of earlier patient access to the product.”.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

50,372 , 50,377 (June 13, 2024). DEA recently revoked the registration of Coconut Grove Pharmacy (“Coconut Grove”), like Gulf Med Pharmacy also in Florida, for its failure to resolve prescribing red flags and document such resolution. Coconut Grove Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 89 Fed.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 16, 2025

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on being an on-time physician gives this tip: Instruct new patients to arrive 20-30 minutes before their appointment to fill out paperwork or complete the paperwork online if your website provides the forms for patient demographics and a health care questionnaire.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

This January 2024 article by Nick Hernandez on avoiding strategic planning mistakes gives this tip: 2. Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Feature Article Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts. With this in mind, the tip of the week is a chance to reflect on some of the wisdom found all across the site.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 6, 2025

A recent Press Ganey survey of nearly 350,000 health-care workers found that employee engagement inched up in 2024, yet almost one in four respondents were still scanning job boards for something better. Turnover is eating medical practices alive.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

Initial appointments to both the Board and advisory council will occur by January 1, 2024. Prescription Drug Affordability Board The law also establishes a nine-member Prescription Drug Affordability Board and an 18-member stakeholder advisory council to provide advice to the Board on drug cost issues.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective, Study Design, & Outcome Measures This study aims to characterize racial differences in smoking cessation pharmacotherapy use among cigarette users within the Epic Cosmos database from January 2005 to January 2024.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

The following is a summary of “Bridging Gaps in LDL-C Management: Utilization of Lipid-Lowering Therapies, Gender Disparities, and the Impact of Cardiology Visits on Secondary Prevention,” published in the June 2025 issue of American Journal Cardiology of by Sedrakyan et al.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

0.97], P = 0.02). Investigators concluded that sex differences in testing rates and urinary mediator levels highlighted the necessity of considering sex when optimizing the diagnostic utility of these mediators. 1.25], P < 0.001) and lower levels in non-atopic females (M/F ratio 0.86, [95% CI: 0.76–0.97],

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. The Motivated Resident: An Example In 2024, the current 401(k) contribution limits are $23,000. Since these savings are so important, automated savings is another avenue to utilize.

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The American Cancer Society predicts roughly 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths in 2024 (1). This order involves cellular creation, utilization, division, regulation, and disintegration. What is cancer, and why is it developing in younger populations? We used to think cancer was genetic. What Is Cancer?

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

While elevated blood pressure readings are critical data points, the presence of symptoms and signs of end-organ dysfunction are paramount in diagnosing a hypertensive emergency (Kamat 2024). Additionally, hydralazine is another agent that was previously utilized in pediatric hypertensive emergencies. Front Pediatr. 2022;10:880678.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In a redacted opinion published October 15, 2024 , the DDC granted FDA and intervenor MSN’s Motion for Summary Judgment, rejecting all of Novartis’s allegations and holding that FDA’s approval of MSN’s product did not violate the Administrative Procedure Act or the FDC Act.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Despite the removal of some of the most controversial proposals, the final rule still contains a variety of significant changes, which become effective on November 19, 2024. Three-Year Limit on Disputes: The final rule establishes a three-year limit for manufacturers to dispute, audit, or request a hearing on state utilization data.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Lyndsay: I think a couple of reasons.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric: Utilization, utilization, utilization. Those two things together, no increase in mortality but increase in hospice utilization, it doesn’t prove that palliative care is goal-concordant, but it’s certainly suggestive. Eric: Yeah.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. You can contact her via email at egroopman@childrensnational.org. You can contact her via email at egroopman@childrensnational.org. Pediatr Rev.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

The deadline for the Draft Guidance was December 29, 2023, so the draft, issued on June 26, 2024, is about 6 months late under FDORA’s mandate. Or maybe we will see an increased utilization of and reliance on registries and other real-world evidence to gather this information in the post-market setting.

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