FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

Gonzalez There has been increased enforcement against medical device companies that engage in the pervasive practice of paying third party sales agents based on their volume of sales. The Court explained that the unsigned prescriptions sent to physicians are best understood as proposals for care, not as referrals. Mallory , 988 F.3d

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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. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Ryan Haight Act was enacted to address the legal “grey area” in which prescribers and pharmacies operated via the creation of two new statutory requirements: 1) the at least one “in-person” medical evaluation requirement for prescribing practitioners, 21 U.S.C. § 829(e); and 2) the modified registration requirement for online pharmacies.

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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. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. This deeper understanding leads to more personalized care and better medical decisions.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

I was really fascinated not only with the medical side of things, but some of the. I knew I wanted to do palliative medicine pretty early Even in medical school. There were a number of opportunities to be involved in medical oncology and doing medical oncology rotations as a medical student, as an internal medicine residential.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re doing a lot of interactive relationship building. If they’re a beginning fellow, that’s a very different coaching situation than coaching the chief medical officer or the president of a medical center. Second thing to say is that I think referrals are really important. ” They can coach you.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In rare, severe cases where GERD is refractory to medical management, surgical interventions like fundoplication may be considered, especially in kids with neurologic impairments or life threatening aspiration. pylori, medication overuse, particularly NSAIDs or other stressors. All right, let us shift gears to gastritis.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

Assistant Regional Medical Director, Care Experience Southern California Permanente Medical Group Podcast transcript Transcript is autogenerated. I practice family and sports medicine as part of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group here in Fontana, California. Guest Wadie L. Marcos, D.O.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

APRIL 23, 2025

No patients are dismissed, and referral networks remain intact. After graduating, he completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. He creates a relationship with patients that allows their participation in determining treatment options.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

This review compares guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European School of Oncology-European Society of Medical Oncology (ESO-ESMO), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) for managing sexual health symptoms.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. But watch out!

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. And so someone knocked on my door when I was in fellowship and said, it was the EMS coordinator, the emergency medical service coordinator next door, our educator, and said, “Hey, we have this really weird problem. Eric: Oh, that’s fabulous.

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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. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. And then also this stoicism or fear of detracting the provider’s attention from their medical symptoms that they want their doctor to stay focused on too. Alex: This is fascinating.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. They’re really not. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

” 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. And he did beautifully. He had six extra months.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 07:02 And real quick, Sarah, who do you see?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. ” Thoughts on that?

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. You can continue to use your insurance for medications and for labs as well. However, with DPC you can find discounts on medications, labs, imaging, and supplements that are passed on to you. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] Toronto Star Feature [link] CityNews Toronto Feature [link] Psychosocial Interventions at PEACH In addition to medical care, PEACH also runs two key psychosocial interventions for our clients: PEACH Grief Circles Structured spaces for workers in the homelessness sector to process grief. those experiencing homelessness).

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” There was an assessment that was focused on four spiritual domains.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Eric and Alex have featured discussions about complex bioethical concepts around caring for people at the end of life, including voluntarily stopping eating and drinking ( VSED ), and multiple episodes about the ethical issues surrounding medical aid in dying ( MAID ). Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But if they’re not going to live another 20 years, then there’s no point in giving them the extra medication for lowering their A1C. So just using in that context of a trusted kind of clinician-patient relationship and seeing how we can better improve shared decision-making. ” It allows that relationship.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. This graph illustrates that the benefit of long-term GP-patient relationships is even dose-dependent (longer GP-patient-relationship = lower risk of dying prematurely): Why do long-term GP-patient relationships improve health and reduce costs?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport. I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Not just with our aging and independent services, but also with our behavioral health services, with our public health services, with our medical care services, to really have everyone see older people as part of their work. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. I knew them, I developed a relationship with them.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. We have a lot of loss of libido, loss of physical intimacy as a result of the changing dynamic in the relationship. I mean, I don’t actually think it’s.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. We were agnostic on the timing.

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