New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

JULY 21, 2020

We want less insurance demands, less government demands, and less pharma demands on how we practice medicine, so that we can focus on PATIENT CARE and transparency. How can direct primary care be a part of that change? DPC physicians by nature believe in a free market. We believe in individual physician autonomy.

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The Direct Doctors Difference

AUGUST 18, 2021

. ​ ​The strength of the movement comes from a grassroots force of physicians who are unhappy with the care they can provide in the traditional fee-for-service model of medicine which depends on the patient coming in for a visit and being billed through insurance for each encounter.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 7, 2025

Mid-Year Formulary Changes (HF 1652/SF 1806): Seeks to prohibit health insurers from making mid-year changes to their drug formularies, ensuring stable access to prescribed medications for patients. HF 981 : Opioid prevention and education funding provided, and money appropriated (author: Rep. Read the bill summary for HF 981.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Joseph, the family medicine practice is committed to providing exceptional, affordable, patient-centered primary care in SW Michigan without reliance on insurance companies for payment of services. Joseph followed a traditional fee-for-service model, billing insurance companies for patient care. Joseph, P.C.,

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022—marking the highest level in a decade, despite historically high rates of insurance coverage during this period. State Highlights: Montana provides 65% of its medical training in community-based settings, far surpassing the national average of 16%. More than 30% of U.S. In 2022, only 24.4%

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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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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

State health insurers already contribute to reinsurance through taxes and assessments that go into the general fund, the proposed source for the program. The bill also provides for enhanced payment rates for programs offering specific services, such as on-site childcare and culturally responsive programs. Read a summary of HF 958.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Houck — Separate decisions by federal district courts in Texas and Puerto Rico in the past two months provide cautionary tales for every pharmacy and wholesale distributor dispensing or distributing controlled substances. The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. By Larry K. Zarzamora Press Release.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. “I’m sort of hectoring,” she acknowledged. Kennedy Jr.,

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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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ABIM

MAY 18, 2025

This burden of the disease is being felt by patients and healthcare providers. Diagnostic delays, racial and ethnic health disparities, insurance barriers, and restricted access to appropriate treatments compound the emotional and physical burden of living with IBD. but with even fewer resources or options available to intervene.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 19, 2025

Opioid prescriptions for high dosages and quantities, including prescriptions that individually or in combination, provide patients with daily dosages of greater than or equal to 300 Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs). Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois, April 21, 2025. 81, 89, 251.

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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

JUNE 27, 2024

Alternating Between Cash and Insurance According to the government’s expert, patients paying for prescriptions with insurance and for others with cash is a red flag for those paid with cash. paid for some medications with insurance while paying for other controlled medications in cash, and Patient M.W. Patient J.C.’s

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Clinical treatment facility” is defined as “a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, residential treatment, or rehabilitation for substance use, pursuant to licensure or certification under State law.” 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added).

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Clinical treatment facility” is defined as “a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, residential treatment, or rehabilitation for substance use, pursuant to licensure or certification under State law.” 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added).

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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 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. Society representatives departed at this point in the meeting.

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ABIM

JUNE 24, 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. Advanced Practice Providers in the Hematology-Oncology Workforce* Guinevere Z.

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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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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Though the carve-out seems at odds with FDA’s regulations requiring generic drugs to have the “same labeling” as their RLDs, such regulations specifically provide for differences arising from carved-out, patent-protected method of use. The catch is, as we have learned from the GSK v. Par also has filed similar litigation.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. But, what you need is a community-based game there.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

This federal law has required hospitals with emergency departments to provide stabilizing treatment, including abortion, to patients experiencing medical emergencies for nearly four decades. The ACLU and our partners will not stop fighting against these continued attacks on our reproductive freedom.”

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

Many people still face stigma or lack insurance coverage, which can limit access. Most current PrEP users have commercial insurance, but Medicaid will be key for expanding access to lower-income communities. The company is working with governments and health groups in the U.K. and abroad. © 2025 HealthDay.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Providers of abortion and gender affirming care in Maine are effectively shielded from laws in other states by the passage of protection by the legislature. This bill would preclude the government from charging interest on their loans during when they are unable to afford payments on the principal. LD 227 was signed by Governor Mills.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Eric: Okay.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Insurance companies. Healthcare provide. They’re often the ones who are most directly in touch with a grieving family or may have their own concerns about the care that’s being provided and the worth or value of what they’re showing up and doing every day. Healthcare companies. Icus for beds. Alex 11:53 Great.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

An “improper” payment refers to payments made erroneously to beneficiaries and their providers or without sufficient documentation. Other experts told PolitiFact that the actual numbers could be higher than what the federal government reports, although not as high as Paragon’s estimate. billion were improper.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. And a loss of provider tax revenue could add billions to the current deficit, forcing state lawmakers to make even more unpopular cuts to Medi-Cal benefits.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Diminished reimbursements from the state-federal health insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities would further erode hospitals’ ability to stay open and maintain services for their communities — populations with more severe health needs than their urban counterparts. million people becoming uninsured by 2034.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This bill, which addresses numerous areas of the economy, public health, and government regulation, includes Subtitle E, Drug Pricing. PART 1: MAXIMUM FAIR PRICE PAYMENT LIMITATION UNDER MEDICARE PARTS B AND D AND THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE MARKET. Subtitle E is a slightly modified version of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. 8126 with a lower MFP.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 2, 2025

By Julie Appleby Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his own business. We were so nervous about not being on a company-provided plan,” Winard said. When he needed a colonoscopy, Winard, 57, called his insurance company. Then the bill came.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

States that run their own Obamacare marketplaces and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have also raised concerns about added costs and reduced access. More than 90% of ACA enrollees receive tax credits to defray monthly premiums for their coverage. There are two key provisions for them to watch. Having a Baby?

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Survey data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, methamphetamine, and thousands of other medical issues. At the height of the covid pandemic, he said, data produced by AHRQ and other government sources were outclassed by private sources.

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Physicians News Digest

MARCH 31, 2025

Elon Musk — who is the world’s richest person and whose Department of Government Efficiency, created by a Trump executive order, is infiltrating federal agencies and spearheading mass firings — has claimed without evidence that “there are a number of people on the government payroll who are dead” and others “who are not real people.”

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 1, 2025

Since returning to the White House, Trump has said he will target fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and his Republican allies in Congress have made combating fraud a key argument in their plans to slash spending on Medicaid, which provides health care for millions of low-income and disabled Americans.

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