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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, HB 86 proposes the establishment of a Rural Hospital Investment Program in Alabama, which would serve as a conduit for financial support from the public directed towards rural hospitals in the state.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. But individuals who have hearing loss, there’s several problems. How to screen for hearing loss.

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The Incredible Shrinking Exemption: FDA Final CDS Guidance Would Significantly Narrow the Scope of Exempt Clinical Decision Support Software Under the Cures Act

FDA Law

The final guidance therefore may have significant implications for a wide range of stakeholders, including not only software developers but also health care providers, hospitals, patients and payors. Criterion 2 : Non-Device CDS software functions display, analyze or print medical information about a patient or other medical information.

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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Running from February 4 to May 15, this session promises to bring substantial changes to medical consent laws, Medicaid coverage, rural hospital funding, taxation on essential goods, and the transparency of healthcare costs. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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Skinny-Label Lives to See Another Day

FDA Law

There, as we explained back in July , Novartis argued that FDA’s approval of a generic ENTRESTO with indication information modified rather than simply omitted “represents a sharp departure from FDA’s statutory and regulatory mandate to require that a generic drug be the ‘same’ as its reference listed drug.”

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New Breakthrough Devices Program Guidance: Expanding Opportunities for Medical Product Innovations

FDA Law

Non-Addictive Medical Products to Treat Pain or Addiction The SUPPORT Act ( Public Law 115-271 ) mandated that FDA issue a guidance document to provide information on how the Agency can apply section 515B of the FD&C Act to non-addictive medical products intended to treat pain or addiction. Emphasis added.)

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Alex 06:03 Is psilocybin that’s used for medicinal purposes in your studies, for example, is that manufactured or is it derived directly from mushrooms? We dedicated team working with cancer and palliative medicine in our hospital. James, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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