FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

The Seventh Circuit took a more lenient approach than the Fourth Circuit, focusing its rationale on whether an independent contractor had improper influence over a healthcare providers independent healthcare decisions. Physicians had ultimate control and exercised independent judgment over their patients healthcare decisions.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

220 and was described on HP&M’s blog here. In general, EKRA prohibits, knowingly and willfully, soliciting, receiving, paying or offering kickbacks in exchange for referring to, inducing a referral to, or using the services of a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

220 and was described on HP&M’s blog here. In general, EKRA prohibits, knowingly and willfully, soliciting, receiving, paying or offering kickbacks in exchange for referring to, inducing a referral to, or using the services of a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. The goal is to help you with all your healthcare needs so you can receive the most out of your money and time. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated. You will love how easy it is to stay in contact with your healthcare provider.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time?” AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. They are therefore the foundation of every healthcare system.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Alex 00:48 And we’re delighted to welcome back Josh Briscoe, who’s a palliative care doc at the Durham VA Medical center in Duke and blogs at Notes from a Family Meeting. And we got this as a hospice referral, and could we, you know, take her on and support her in hospice? Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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