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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake.

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Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy

Vascular Physician

What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and How it Helps Heal Wounds Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy involves treating patients with 100% oxygen (O2) at elevated atmospheric pressures in a specially designed chamber. Most patients lie on their backs or sit up just slightly.

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law

Pharmacists’ Corresponding Responsibility A controlled substance prescription, to be valid, must be issued for “a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of [their] professional practice.” The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. Complaint ¶ 57. (The

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. ABIM does not contact individual programs with a lower pass rate to initiate changes to the program.

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D.C. Court Strikes Down Copay Accumulator Rule

FDA Law

We previously blogged about this lawsuit last year. The ACA sets an annual cap on the amount that insurers can require insured individuals to pay out of pocket for their medical expenses. The insurer still accepts the manufacturer payment, but also collects the full deductible from the patient.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. 220 and was described on HP&M’s blog here. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 220(e)(2).

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. 220 and was described on HP&M’s blog here. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 220(e)(2).