Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) COMMITTEE On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Senate HHS Committee heard a series of health care bills: S.F. The bill passed by a voice vote and was referred to the State and Local Government Committee. The bill passed by a voice vote and was referred to the State and Local Government Committee.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

Last week, the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) was actively engaged in multiple discussions on health care policy, including Medical Assistance rate reimbursement, coverage for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model and broader reforms to patient-centered care. Highlights follow.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Latest news & breaking headlines And, in many countries, governments offer financial incentives to install solar panels and even backup batteries. Looking for a tailored approach?

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Concierge Choice Physicians

JANUARY 21, 2025

Patients can choose a more personalized approach to managing their cardiology care ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – January 21, 2025 – Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the nation’s leading full- service concierge medical service provider, today announced that Thomas P. The patient decides what’s right for them.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

JANUARY 28, 2025

The physician continues to accept insurance and government programs, as before. They receive enhanced support and service from staff members, and medical advocacy and coordination with other health providers the patient may see. The patient decides what’s right for them.

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ABIM

JUNE 20, 2025

Applications are due Sunday, July 20, 2025. ABIM Governance provides a meaningful and rewarding opportunity to join outstanding colleagues in service to the profession and to patients. Read more about how ABIM chooses members of governance. Visit ABIM’s website for more information on governance and opportunities to join.

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ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Salahuddin Kazi, MD, Chair, Rheumatology Board The Rheumatology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 11, 2025. Chrostowski, DNP, APRN, ANP-C , Maryah Mansoor, MD , and Philip Seo, MD , whose terms on the Specialty Board end June 30, 2025.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and leader of multiple Permanente Medical Groups at Kaiser Permanente, recognized for advancing AI technology, improving care access, and advocating for value-based care measures OAKLAND, Calif. Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

June 19, 2025) — National health care leaders from Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Community Health Plans will share insights on value-based care during a free Permanente Live webinar on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. OAKLAND, Calif. PT / 11:30 a.m. CT / 12:30 p.m. To learn more about Permanente Medicine, visit permanente.org.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Lewis, , Principal Regulatory Device and Biologics Expert The FDA is currently funded through March 1st, 2025. The answers below are based on my experience as a reviewer and compliance officer at FDA during the 5-week 2018/2019 government shutdown. By Richard A. What does it mean for FDA staff?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The small, colorful bottles hawked at convenience stores, smoke shops and filling stations as cognitive supplements or energy are often called “gas station heroin.” Tianeptine is sold in a number of countries as a government-approved treatment for depression. ” And, the U.S.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 — The Permanente Federation has appointed Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA , to the National Permanente Leadership Team as executive vice president and chief quality officer and co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S. Key findings include: 1.

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FDA Law

JUNE 2, 2025

Mullen At midnight on Friday, May 30, 2025, the governments deadline to notice an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texass decision vacating the LDT Rule lapsed without the government doing so. By Steven J. Gonzalez & Allyson B.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

23, 2025), DEA reviewed evidence from an administrative hearing and upheld the Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) recommended decision to revoke the registration of a pharmacy that DEA alleged dispensed controlled substances to patients without resolving numerous red flags of diversion. In Neumanns Pharmacy, LLC , 90 Fed. Whats the take away?

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FDA Law

MAY 19, 2025

Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois, April 21, 2025. For a controlled substance prescription to be effective, that is valid, it must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of their professional practice. Complaint, 82. 81, 86, 251.

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FDA Law

MAY 7, 2025

Gonzalez There has been increased enforcement against medical device companies that engage in the pervasive practice of paying third party sales agents based on their volume of sales. In that decision, a medical laboratory paid Marchetti percentage-based compensation for successful referrals of Medicare patients to the laboratory.

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ABIM

MAY 18, 2025

Now, in 2025, it’s both validating and heartbreaking to see the rise in IBD diagnoses in Peru. Without a full understanding of the disease context, he recommended surgery that, in hindsight, was not the medically appropriate next step. But the colorectal surgeon who treated me at the time wasn’t an IBD specialist.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

Erin Bonura, MD, Chair, ABIM Infectious Disease Board The Infectious Disease Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of ABIM policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 25, 2025. JD , whose terms on the Specialty Board end June 30, 2025.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

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ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Gertz, MD, MACP, Chair, ABIM Hematology Board The Hematology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of ABIM policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on May 2, 2025. The group discussed policy shifts and potential implications for graduate medical education and health equity.

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ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

Rodriguez, MD, Chair of the Nephrology Board The Nephrology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 18, 2025. Adey, MD , and Linda Awdishu, PharmD , whose terms on the Specialty Board end June 30, 2025. Siddharta G.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding. More information: Po-Ting Yeh et al, Discrete photoentrainment of mammalian central clock is regulated by bi-stable dynamic network in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Nature Communications (2025).

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Doctors for America

JUNE 30, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 June 27, 2025 Reproductive Health Coalition Statement on Impact of Medicaid Cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. Medicaid allows low income women to address medical conditions prior to pregnancy, improving outcomes.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online June 16 in Pediatrics , updated recommendations are presented for providing adolescent patients with contraceptive counseling and methods. ” Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. .

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund studies of the long-term health effects of a 2023 Ohio train derailment that released more than 1 million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, air and water. We desperately need real medical support.” All rights reserved.

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FDA Law

MARCH 6, 2025

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M. Although bias may be difficult to eliminate completely, FDA recommends that manufacturers, as a starting point, ensure that the test data sufficiently represents the intended use (target) population of a medical device. By Adrienne R.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

temporary exceptions from some of the requirements of the Ryan Haight Act of 2008) are extended for an additional year, until December 31, 2025. More specifically, the proposed rules leave somewhat limited telemedicine options for both medication assisted treatment (i.e., The federal telemedicine flexibilities (i.e.,

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FDA Law

JUNE 9, 2025

These events marked a turning point in expanding representation in clinical studies and opening the door to more personalized medical care. Since 1993, Congress has continued to direct the federal government, and in particular FDA, to take steps to close the gap in clinical research representation.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Can you tell me about that?

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Doctors for America

MAY 5, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 5, 2025 Doctors, Local Governments File Brief to Defend Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rights Brief Argues that Upending HIPAA Privacy Rights Would Contradict Decades of Established Precedent WASHINGTON, D.C.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

And the government can do something about that?!? Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And hospitalization for pneumonia is like a medical event. And maybe we’ll turn now from these medical and surgical events to start talking about social events. I have no idea what that is. Any other social events?

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

12 Tweet Share Email Home HIV & AIDS June 7, 2025 The GIST Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval by I. The company is working with governments and health groups in the U.K. © 2025 HealthDay. and low-income countries to raise awareness and make these products more available. All rights reserved.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A longtime vaccine critic hired by Health Secretary Robert F. It led to revocation of the elder Geier’s medical license and disciplinary action for David Geier for practicing medicine without a license. SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal , June 5, 2025 Copyright © 2025 HealthDay.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 14, 2022

Medicare Part D redesign: The IRA changes Medicare Part D starting in 2025 by lowering the patient out-of-pocket (“OOP”) limit to $2,000, adjusted annually in subsequent years. These agreements are voluntary, and in exchange for signing them a manufacturer obtains the benefit of coverage or procurement under federal health care programs.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 30, 2025 Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion By Intervening in a Federal Challenge to EMTALA, Doctors for America Seeks to Protect Health and Lifesaving Care WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Please consider getting involved here in Maine - the Maine Medical Association & the Maine Osteopathic Association have a joint Legislative Committee that meets weekly during the session (usually January - May). Work continues preventing more children from becoming addicted to tobacco. Get Involved! All Advocacy is LOCAL!

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