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. S&G Labs is primarily compensated by patient’s insurance providers. 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 102

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

I just listened to the one on national cancer care that we’re doing, which was very informative and pretty impressive. 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. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Upgrades to the ABIM website and Physician Portal for 2025, designed to make it easier for both physicians and the public to find information. Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations.

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Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Government Community 40

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. And what does that referral process look like? So that part we know and I.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: Having said that, I think we need to recognize that the gold standard, thorough OT assessment is not a reality for a lot of people, because of there aren’t enough of them, because of insurance might not cover it, and so forth. I can get you guys that information. Emmy: Yeah. There’s a lot of questions.

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IT Families Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. But the cancer specific databases just don’t have this information. It’s opening this stock box of, all of a sudden, now what do I do with this information? Katie: Yeah.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The practice doesn't depend on the insurance company to say whether they will pay for a certain procedure or a particular test, and how much. With the direct primary care model, your insurance is used for what it is intended to cover: catastrophic health events, hospitalizations, specialist care, imaging, and surgery.

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Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

But if the services that they require aren’t able to be provided within, they have Health Net as their insurance, so we contract with specialists in the community. If they need an acute hospitalization, they would be hospitalized in a hospital that we contract with.

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Families Family IT Community 132

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’ve been on a quest to build those services and support so that people can make true, informed decisions for themselves and their families. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Susan: Yeah, I don’t think the word even surfaced.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

So cancer.net has information on this. I mean, there are many professional societies that all have patient facing resources now with a lot of information around, I would say, sexual health and chronic illness. I think there’s a lot more good, high quality information available to folks, and. I have as well.

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