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Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

These are related to shaping healthcare supply to patients’ demand by 1) providing an individual assessment of caseload size to all physicians and nurse practitioners (professionals with whom patients are affiliated; and 2) reinforcing communication in the appointment scheduling process.

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Get the 4-1-1 on your 1099s: 5th and 7th Circuits Permit Paying Volume-Based Compensation to Independent Sales Agents

FDA Law Blog

The Court explained that the unsigned prescriptions sent to physicians are best understood as proposals for care, not as referrals. In that decision, a medical laboratory paid Marchetti percentage-based compensation for successful referrals of Medicare patients to the laboratory. In contrast to its decision in United States v.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

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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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

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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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

We’re doing a lot of interactive relationship building. ” Eric: It strikes me that there also seems to be a difference between coaching a team, like many of us are familiar with, and this individual coaching, although there may be group coaching as well. Second thing to say is that I think referrals are really important.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

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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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

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.