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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Lab Testing Individual Referral Patient-Centered 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). 18 U.S.C. §

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Lab Testing Individual Referral Patient-Centered 40

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. We are Seeing referrals at an earlier time point, especially at a point that I feel that I can really help a patient. Is it normally the oncologist who’s making the referrals to you or do they come from people outside of oncology?

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Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 103

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Now, I know that’s a lot to digest, and you might be starting to churn, but let’s talk now about the relationship between eating and pain. In individuals with celiac disease, gluten intake leads to an immune mediated inflammatory response that damages the small intestine’s mucosal lining, specifically the villi.

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Diagnosis Management Patient-Centered IT 52

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

Access is so important because that is the reason the patient signs up with health insurance is so that they can get care, whether primary or specialty. We have to get that right or else the patient [is] going to go to a different entity or a different insurance company. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. So just starting to unpack what’s happening in an individual’s life can maybe then lead to more conversations and assessment.

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Family IT Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137