Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context 2-1-1 is a designated phone help line in Canada and the US that provides referrals for individuals to local government and community-based services for a wide variety of needs, including social, health care, and mental health services. 2-1-1 Nova Scotia has operated since 2013 as a nonprofit that offers 24/7 assistance.

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Referral Mental Health Finance Community 130

NPR Health

JANUARY 22, 2025

plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics. Image credit: Bloomberg)

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Referral Government 145

FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

Two recent cases from the Fifth and Seventh Circuits, however, support the legality of these arrangements in the absence of the government proving certain circumstances. The Court explained that the unsigned prescriptions sent to physicians are best understood as proposals for care, not as referrals. Mallory , 988 F.3d 3d 730 (4th Cir.

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Referral Relationship Government Healthcare 59

Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

There is an increasing trend in the number of medico-legal cases filed against doctors and doctors have started practicing defensive medicine (the ordering of tests, procedures, referrals, or avoidance of high-risk patients or procedures, to reduce medico-legal cases) for the sake of their safety. patients show their frustration at doctors.

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Patient-Centered Government Referral Hospital 52

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

MAY 24, 2022

You have to be able to laugh at situations, the system, the government, people and especially yourself (Mostly yourself). But I was glad no one needed referral. The phone rang, a referral from a clinic so I left to take the call. I’m not sure why. I have been carried through some dark times by humor.

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Referral Community Patients Specialization 52

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

In general, EKRA prohibits, knowingly and willfully, soliciting, receiving, paying or offering kickbacks in exchange for referring to, inducing a referral to, or using the services of a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory. The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”). 18 U.S.C. § 220(e)(5). Graves , 2021 U.S.

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Lab Testing Referral Individual Patient-Centered 52

FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Manufacturers may choose not to participate in this program, but the federal government will not reimburse for their outpatient drugs under Medicaid or Medicare Part B if they do not. A 2018 report by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) found similar issues, as well as contract pharmacy noncompliance and poor federal oversight.

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Manufacturing Government Referral Provider 52