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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

By engaging with lawmakers and key stakeholders, the Academy worked to ensure that the voices of family physicians were heard in discussions that have the potential to impact healthcare delivery and access for communities across the state. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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Supreme Court Finds CMS’ Reduction of Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Rates for 340B Hospitals was Not Authorized by Statute

FDA Law

Kirschenbaum — In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule to significantly decrease the rate the government will reimburse 340B hospitals in 2018 for outpatient prescription drugs from average sales price (“ASP”) plus 6% to ASP minus 22.5%. 52494 (Nov. CMS estimated a savings of $1.6 Becerra, No.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

The Department of Energy’s Energy.gov – Enhanced Community Resilience : Clinics powered by renewable energy are better equipped to maintain operations during power outages, ensuring uninterrupted patient care during emergencies. hospital upwards of $240,000 over 5 years. hospital could save $240,000 per year.”

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Baby Formula Shortages

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

If not, your pediatrician’s office can work with you to access all community resources. Watering down formula to stretch it out can cause nutritional imbalances in your baby and lead to serious health problems that require hospitalization. Always mix formula as directed by the manufacturer. This should never be done.

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Primary care clinics changes in abortion care after participation in the 2022-23 ExPAND Mifepristone Learning Collaborative [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting and Population Studied: The ExPAND 2022-23 cohort supported 3 clinics in the Midwest (1 FQHC, 2 community hospital clinics). Study Design: This analysis reports change in practices as tracked through learning collaborative milestones and clinician/staff self-report. times those of pre-survey respondents (95% CI 1.10-3.87).

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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

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. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Alex 06:03 Is psilocybin that’s used for medicinal purposes in your studies, for example, is that manufactured or is it derived directly from mushrooms? So it really helped form community between patients and helped build community with the palliative team that was involved.

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