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Biogen agrees to pay $900 million in largest FCA Settlement Ever Secured without Government’s Intervention

FDA Law

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have aggressively pursued antikickback cases in the healthcare industry. HHS noticed an increasing trend of illegal kickbacks in connection with speaker programs and in November 2020, the Office of Inspector General issued a Special Fraud Alert on the topic.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. I don’t have access to change the levers of government. Eric 19:56 Okay, but I’m a primary care provider. But I don’t.

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

GeriPal

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. This was an investigative report about fraud and healthcare, pure fraud, pure victimization of vulnerable people. Lauren: Thanks for having me. Alex: And she’s going to be a guest host today.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. And I was.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

We have two authors, books, op-eds, prolific authors, and today’s podcast is a two-part special. So this week we’re going to be talking about writing for the lay public, and next week we’ll be publishing a podcast on writing for healthcare providers. Bob Walker and others had a million articles, nothing happened.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. So they need mainstream healthcare, and they need housing support. In what moral universe is a federal government deeply subsidizing my housing and not subsidizing that of my patients? But nothing in healthcare. Margot: Yes.