Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Had she signed up for the government insurance plan when she turned 65, Diamond could have avoided a financially perilous situation that left her unexpectedly responsible for the medical costs she incurred during that time. Some of those providers are now seeking payment from her. “It’s horrifying,” she said.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 7, 2025

Prior Authorization Commission (SF 1739): Aims to streamline and reform the prior authorization process, reducing administrative burdens on health care providers. HF 981 : Opioid prevention and education funding provided, and money appropriated (author: Rep. The MAFP is part of a coalition supporting this effort.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Misplaced Training Dollars: Lack of funding for community-based training impacting the primary care physician pipeline Hospital-based graduate medical education (GME) receives significantly more funding than community-based programs, a disparity linked to fewer new primary care physicians entering the workforce. In 2022, only 24.4%

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. Even though stigma prevents many persons with mental health problems from seeking care, there has never been enough go around.

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ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Dave, MD, MPH , inquired how stressors may contribute to candidates failing the certification examination and Dr. McDonald stated that knowledge gaps were the primary cause, though ABIM provides safeguards to reduce stress like grace periods and consideration of compassionate exemptions for extraordinary life circumstances.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. Government. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. The bill passed by a voice vote and was referred to the State and Local Government Committee.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Meanwhile, Annex 2, which provides guidance on pragmatic and decentralized clinical trials as well as trials incorporating real-world data, is expected to be finalized by ICH later in 2025. The guideline expands its focus on data governance and clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of sponsors, investigators, and service providers.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Tianeptine is sold in a number of countries as a government-approved treatment for depression. “You never quite know what’s in that bottle,” Dr. Diane Calello of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System told the AP. It claimed to provide “an unparalleled solution to cravings for opiates.”

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My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

The Power of Healthcare Professionals as Trusted Messengers Patients Trust Their Healthcare Providers A recent study found that 64% of physicians recognize environmental sustainability affects their patients’ health, yet only 17% feel comfortable discussing it ( PubMed ). The healthcare sector contributes 8.5% of total U.S.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

For instance, the UK government’s initiative to install solar panels on National Health Service sites is projected to save each site up to £45,000 annually, amounting to approximately £13 million in total savings per year. The breadth of services provided by modern day medicine is profound.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sequist discusses “blood quantum”, which is an attempt by the federal government to reduce one’s identity as an Indigenous person to a percentage of blood affiliated with specific Tribes in the US. This flawed measure can be harmful for many reasons.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

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. not friends, significant others, or family members of a speaker or invitee).

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

The discussion paper provides an overview of FDA’s current approach to regulation of 3D-printed devices. use in education, construction, art, and jewelry). requests for different sizes or geometries after a printed device is examined by a healthcare provider). products intended for medical purposes).

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ABIM

MAY 18, 2025

This burden of the disease is being felt by patients and healthcare providers. and globally are the cultural taboos, social stigma and lack of education about chronic digestive diseases. Worse yet, patients may avoid speaking up, even with their own providers, while suffering silently in pain.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2024

A very important aspect of the program is that it costs FDA, and the government, no additional dollars, though we do not wish to minimize the additional resources a priority review demands over the standard review that such an application might otherwise receive. 3433 , the Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 19, 2025

As the Walgreens Amended Complaint notes, Pharmacists are professionally educated and trained to recognize and assess red flags and to determine whether a prescription is valid. The Amended Complaint, MOA and Corporate Integrity Agreement provide sound framework for identifying and not filling prescriptions exhibiting red flags.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Incompetent government The doctor-patient ratio of India is one of the worst in the world; we have 1 doctor for 1456 people against the WHO recommendation of 1:1000 [5]. There is only 1 government doctor for a population of 11,000 people and there is only 1 dental surgeon per 175,000 people [6]. What can we do to solve this problem?

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

” “Whether you’re the call center agent, the receptionist, [or] the lab tech, you participate and you provide the input into innovation,” said Dr. Nguyen. The Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with more than 8,800 physicians providing care for over 4.8

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

The discussion paper provides an overview of FDA’s current approach to regulation of 3D-printed devices. use in education, construction, art, and jewelry). requests for different sizes or geometries after a printed device is examined by a healthcare provider). products intended for medical purposes).

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Inconsistency in care delivery So as every provider shapes her practice around MyChart, each will do it in a slightly different way. But this may not be consistently applied by other providers in the same group. A few ideas: Stronger technology governance of MyChart messages We want to call the MyChart mushroom an Epic problem.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To evaluate public perceptions of uncertainty and disagreement among experts in healthcare recommendations and whether it is associated with decreased trust in health entities as providers of accurate health information. Adults aged 18 and older were respondents to the survey (unweighted n=5842, representing 241 million adults).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online June 16 in Pediatrics , updated recommendations are presented for providing adolescent patients with contraceptive counseling and methods. ” Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay.

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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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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

Initial Certification and Training Data in Infectious Disease* The Infectious Disease Board also reviewed new data from the National Resident Matching Program, Board Eligibility data, outcomes for candidates requiring retraining, faculty pathway pass rates and approved Advancing Innovation in Residency Education programs in infectious disease.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. She also sought input on overlapping aspects of community practice across the disciplines of internal medicine to inform ABIM’s recruitment efforts for broad physician representation in governance roles. APDEM Matthew J.

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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. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Upgrades to the ABIM website and Physician Portal for 2025 designed to make it easier to find information for both physicians and the public.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

According to the eBay settlement agreement, the government contends that from October 2015 to the present, eBay did not comply with any of “the CSA’s reporting and recordkeeping obligations” involving thousands of transactions. Also, a DEA Form 452 report must be electronically filed within 15 days after the order is shipped.

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Tiny Physician

MAY 25, 2022

Governments declare war, but it is the civilians who suffer. Malavika completed her higher secondary education in the year 2017, and then she dropped one year for entrance exam preparation; however, her rank was not good enough to secure a government seat in Kerala.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Funding structures, especially from government agencies, are not exactly permissive of this. It is important to educate and engage key stakeholders such as policymakers who can work to address these limitations. She shared that funding entities must recognize the labor of community members and provide funds for their work.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Caregivers too.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

There have been multiple subsequent government reports on nursing home care, most recently was about eight, nine years ago from the OIG. Part of it’s what Mike was saying, it’s accountability as a country, as a nation and as the government. This is a problem that’s existed for decades. What are they accountable for?

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

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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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Check out some of their recent work, including: Dr. Holt-Lunstad’s and Dr. Perissinotto’s powerful perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine which provides a clinical framework for addressing loneliness and social isolation. I think I feel more comfortable as a provider in trying to support people in their isolation.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. People saw that there were people who needed to have supportive care, didn’t need to have the level of nursing that was provided in nursing homes, and there was money to be made. Eric: And who pays for assisted living communities?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Just out of fellowship, Naheed built a palliative care program for homeless persons called the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program. link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology?

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