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PhRMA Code Revised in Response to OIG Special Fraud Alert on Speaker Programs

FDA Law Blog

The PhRMA Code is updated periodically to reflect changes in industry norms or, as is likely the case with the latest revision, in response to political pressure or increased scrutiny from the federal government. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) (see our blog post on this Special Fraud Alert here ).

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Conference Notebook: Reporting from FDLI’s 2023 Enforcement, Compliance, and Litigation Conference

FDA Law Blog

There were too many interesting panels and discussions to mention them all, but presentations about DOJ’s and FDA’s coordination deserve some special mention. In his conference keynote address , Arun Rao—the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Consumer Protection Branch—provided an overview of DOJ’s year in FDA enforcement.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. They also noted a distinction in telehealth practices between remote consultations in different states and using telehealth to treat patients who live nearby.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

She happened to focus on some specific for-profit hospice providers. They were all actually publicly traded or private equity owned for-profit hospice providers. And I didn’t read it as damning of all for-profit providers, but I think it needed to happen. It feels somewhat random in some ways. Eric: Lack of a caregiver.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. And I was.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

What was life for you as a provider pre-pandemic? If we’re going to get really academic, that’s the umbrella, and that can include a lot of things like including phone calls between a provider and a patient or messages in someone’s electronic medical record. What did we learn during the pandemic? Brooke: There was so.