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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. S&G Labs Haw., The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”). 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. S&G Labs Haw., The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”). 18 U.S.C. §

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Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Referral to and/or visit with an ophthalmologist was most common in metropolitan settings, with similarly lower values in small urban and rural. The proportions of people with any diabetes or anti-hypertensive drug were similar across settings, but with some variation in patterns for insulin and non-insulin diabetes drugs.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care. And I’m seeing people coming in with mini mentals of 10 out of 30 who we end up doing thoroughly testing and they’re perfectly healthy and they’re scoring well. I just had lab tests done. It just happened.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

” 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. Mazie, I know it changes locale to locale, because your referral sources are going to be different. Mazie: Yes. ” Now we can address the issues.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Previously healthy and developmentally and neurologically normal children with two brief self resolved seizures within a 24 hour period, so technically a complex febrile seizure, can be discharged home with as needed neurology referral if the family and you are comfortable with that plan. You can do this.

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