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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Key proposals included increasing hospital Medicaid reimbursement rates , preventing mid-year changes to prescription drug formularies and establishing a School Health Advisory Committee. 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.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

hospital upwards of $240,000 over 5 years. hospital could save $240,000 per year.” The Aravind Eye Care System is a network of sophisticated eye hospitals and clinics in India. A study at their Pondicherry hospital assessed the safety of using multi-dose drop bottles. tons in the United Kingdom each year. 3 “Each U.S.

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CMS Proposes Rule to Implement Mandatory Medicare Part B Discarded Drug Rebates

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Under the new law, Part B will continue to pay for discarded amounts from single-dose containers, but the manufacturer must pay a rebate (called a “refund”) to Medicare for discarded amounts above a specified threshold. The manufacturer responsible for paying the refunds will be the company whose NDC is on the label.

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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. Under this program, qualifying hospitals would receive gifts to support their provision of acute care services to rural populations.

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FDA Would Like to Join You in the Sandbox When Developing AI Enabled Devices

FDA Law

We were struck by the level of detail expected by FDA for processes related to data management, especially for data collected and used early in development to train an initial AI model, which may occur before a manufacturer decides to move forward with device development under design controls. data acquisition device).

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A Review of H5N1

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

cases in 2024-2025, H5N1 disease in humans had a high mortality rate of up to 50%. Also, CDC has provided a candidate vaccine virus to manufacturers for rapid production if needed. To date, more than 160 million poultry are known to have been affected. Prior to the current U.S. However, the 68 human cases in the U.S.