Pamela Wible MD

MAY 21, 2025

Sponsorships available for medical students and residents. Tax-deductible & includes CME Design Your Coaching Practice Physician Retreat Sept 2–6, 2025 ~ 1:1 personal retreat Curious how to launch a coaching or consulting business as a physician—without an MBA, coaching certification, or a medical license? Contact Dr. Wible.

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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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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 30, 2023

government could save billions every year once Medicare begins negotiating drug prices in 2026, new research suggests.

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ABIM

JUNE 20, 2025

ABIM is pleased to announce openings on the Board of Directors , ABIM Council and several Specialty Boards for initial three-year terms beginning July 1, 2026. 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.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

However, this large study shows that probiotics do not significantly shorten illness duration, improve symptoms, or reduce the need for additional medical visits. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:2015-2026. Parents often use probiotics, like Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG , hoping to reduce the severity of their child’s gastroenteritis.

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Plum Health

AUGUST 20, 2023

These medical students will be immersed in the Detroit community over the next 4 years, and upon graduation, many of them will continue to serve the Detroit and Metro Detroit community. WSU SOM’s incoming class of 2026 had 300 Students, with 192 in-state and 108 out-of-state students.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

McDonald shared more about a pilot model announced last year that would create a pathway for exceptionally qualified international medical graduates (IMGs) successfully completing ACGME-accredited subspecialty fellowship to become Board eligible in Internal Medicine and subspecialties. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The rules include changes to the notification process, medication packaging, the handling of reports, and safety issues. California pharmacists are still able to provide the oral therapeutics without requiring you to visit your primary care physician through January 1, 2026.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Ana Loloei & Allyson B. It is intended to reduce regulatory burdens on medical device manufacturers and importers by enhancing global harmonization in device regulation. The final rule emphasizes risk management activities and risk-based decision making.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Complaints FDA discussed how LDT developers should handle the transition from the current Quality System Regulation (QSR)(21 CFR Part 820) to the recently promulgated Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) that is scheduled to take effect on February 2, 2026. By Steven J. Gonzalez & Lisa M.

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FDA Law

APRIL 14, 2022

Cato — On March 22, FDA announced that it reached agreement with representatives from the medical device industry on proposed recommendations to Congress for the fifth reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA V). During the pilot, over 85 testing laboratories have become ASCA accredited (see list here ).

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

STAR aims to facilitate earlier access to novel uses of existing therapies for patients with a serious condition with unmet medical needs. 31, 2022; CDRP start, FY 2023; Public workshop, by July 31, 2025; Strategy document published, by April 30, 2026. Notable Dates and Timelines – New MAPP published, by Dec.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Baumhardt, Principal Medical Device Regulatory Expert FDA recently released its final guidance for Predetermined Change Control Plans (PCCPs) for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions (AI-DSF).

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 20, 2022

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Philip Won — you have purchased anything in recent months or kept up with economic reports, you are familiar with the unwelcome observation: “Prices have gone up!” That could not be more true than in the area of medical device user fees. Medical Device User Fees.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) Dr. Johnson updated the Specialty Board on the pilot proposal, which is currently under review by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Endocrine Society Robert W.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

This is now being reviewed by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which oversees ABIM. Johnson, MD, FACP, FIDSA , Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs, led a discussion with the Infectious Disease Board on community practice in the specialty to create a more inclusive understanding of its role and scope.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Running from February 4 to May 15, this session promises to bring substantial changes to medical consent laws, Medicaid coverage, rural hospital funding, taxation on essential goods, and the transparency of healthcare costs. SB 58 & 101 – Age of Medical Consent Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Sen.

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ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

The group discussed policy shifts and potential implications for graduate medical education and health equity. Dr. McDonald acknowledged that recent executive orders have emphasized more competition in medical and legal education accreditation, but reaffirmed ABIM’s commitment to evidence-based practice and health equity.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The TAP Pilot is intended to “de-risk the medical device valley of death,” the metaphorical place where innovative technologies die while trying to reach the market. Devices in the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) will be included in FY 2026. By Adrienne R. here ), Federal Register notice ( here ) and the Program Website ( here )).

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ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

Lieske, MD , raised concerns about how new government policies may affect international medical graduates and health equity work at ABIM. One notable trend was a higher representation of international medical graduates and osteopathic physicians in the specialty. Rodriguez, MD , Chair of the Nephrology Board, and John C.

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FDA Law

JUNE 14, 2023

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — “Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program or TAP pilot — the most exciting thing in MDUFA V. up to 225 total products enrolled through FY 2026 and up to 325 total products enrolled through FY 2027). up to 125 total products enrolled through FY 2025).

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FDA Law

JULY 7, 2024

Laboratories struggling to understand the myriad implications of being regulated as device “manufacturers” were hopeful that additional guidance would shed light on how to apply FDA’s existing medical device regulatory framework to their operations. 803), Reporting of Corrections and Removals (21 C.F.R. § 806) and Complaint Files (21 C.F.R.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The TAP Pilot is intended to “de-risk the medical device valley of death,” the metaphorical place where innovative technologies die while trying to reach the market. Devices in the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) will be included in FY 2026. here ), Federal Register notice ( here ) and the Program Website ( here )).

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

I will always, as always, say, you know, you’re welcome to do this in 2026. So I went to medical school in Chicago and I got engaged in Chicago, and that night we went to a blues club with my sister and my husband, which was really fun. I honestly thought probably not for 2026 because it’s virtual. Of course.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

With the current lapse in authorization, FDA may only award RPD PRVs for applications that have received an RPD designation before December 20, 2024, andunless reauthorized before thenmay not award any RPD PRVs after September 30, 2026. Below, we discuss some of its downstream impacts on the PRV landscape.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 14, 2022

The number will begin in 2026 with 10 drug covered under Medicare Part D and will increase annually to 20 Part B and 20 Part D drugs by 2029 and thereafter, with the selected drugs accumulating from year to year.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In contrast, AMP and ACLA both asserted that the rule would harm medical care. The first phase of the rule, which takes effect in less than three months, requires laboratories to have certain policies and procedures in place to begin handling complaints, reporting Medical Device Reports, and reporting corrections/removals.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Dangerous changes loomed: To compensate for tax cuts for the wealthy, Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill and budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 threaten to curtail Medicaid, which provides health coverage for people with low incomes and disabilities. About 40% of adults with HIV rely on it for their lifesaving treatments.

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