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). 18 U.S.C. §

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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). 18 U.S.C. §

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

At Edge Family Medicine , we believe that one of the most powerful tools in healthcare isn’t technology — it’s trust. Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. You’re not just another patient — you’re known.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re doing a lot of interactive relationship building. Because all of us understand how much the healthcare professions, and especially public health, just got whacked big time by a whole bunch of stuff, including COVID. Second thing to say is that I think referrals are really important. ” They can coach you.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. Evie, welcome to GeriPal. Evie 00:41 Thank you. Do you have the song request for Alex?

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Concierge Choice Physicians

APRIL 23, 2025

No patients are dismissed, and referral networks remain intact. He creates a relationship with patients that allows their participation in determining treatment options. Patients who choose not to join remain in the practice and are cared for by a team of physician extenders with the doctor’s guidance and supervision.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. We would make referrals to psycho oncology. But watch out! Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

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Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. So one of the big pieces of this is that idea of a referral at a second time when they’re less overwhelmed and stressed to figure out what happened. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. We do that in medicine all the time. Alex: And what did you find?

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Community Transportation IT PCP 115

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? Eric: Yeah. Does someone else drive you and so forth?”

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IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

-Alex End Well Talk [link] Resources on the PEACH Program Program Review Paper A recent publication in Longwoods Healthcare Quarterly reviewing the PEACH model. I always knew that I wanted to get into healthcare, to use healthcare as a springboard for social change in our communities. Have you thought about that?

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice. Connie 19:46 Yeah.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time?” But nonetheless, the methadone clinic system is entirely separate from the rest of the healthcare system.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Like, it’s not an if, right?

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. The goal is to help you with all your healthcare needs so you can receive the most out of your money and time. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated. You will love how easy it is to stay in contact with your healthcare provider.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. There’s a reason why the VA is ahead of us in terms of integrating behavioral healthcare. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Eric: Go ahead. Elissa: Totally. You want to talk about it?

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Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But I think if I were under normal constraints of the healthcare system, I wouldn’t have that time. ” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change. Well, I do it personally. Mazie: Yes. Around this issue.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Lexy: The domains were meaning and purpose, relationships, transcendence and peace, and self-worth and identity, and we developed those. And the other thing is that verbatim question for research, that’s fine, but that might not be the way to enter into a spiritual relationship with a patient with that kind of question.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If it’s continuing and it’s getting worse and maybe they have some swelling in the legs, there are some subtle findings on the echo, but really think for a second, could this be this really common cardiovascular condition, echocardiogram, maybe even a referral to a cardiologist? Eric 14:10 Yeah.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. They are therefore the foundation of every healthcare system.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So we have a list of various interventions like hospice referral, like more intensive treatment for blood pressure, more intensive treatment for diabetes, for dysglycemia, hyperglycemia, statins, bisphosphonates. ” It allows that relationship. Maybe it’s about time that we start talking about some of these things.”

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

And we got this as a hospice referral, and could we, you know, take her on and support her in hospice? Yeah, but I mean, in healthcare you need to appreciate the risks, benefits and alternatives of the proposed intervention. It’s a, it’s a, it’s a past self directing healthcare for a future self.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 88

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport. I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It’s that first place that you start where it may not be the AAAs job, but we’ve organized where they have to have the partnerships and they know who the players are and they know who to make a referral to. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. And then, the system responds in turn.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

At a high level to sort of step in and start, you know, tinkering with workflows that, you know, are kind of as healthcare is a giant machine in primary care. Ideally the conversation would happen before, but also clinicians were able to make referrals to facilitators. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 79

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. Eric 17:46 Well, how do you train them, the frontline people seeing these patients, healthcare providers, geriatricians, oncologists? But I’m guessing you all bring it up, and I wonder.

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