Mobile medicine apps are the future, as we move increasingly into digital, virtual communication; yet FDA medical device and other legal issues remain.

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A new OIG fraud and abuse Advisory Opinion sheds makes percentage-based MSO arrangements questionable, where Medicare is involved.

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Continue Reading OIG Unfavorably Reviews a Laboratory Management Company’s Proposed Provision of Allergy Testing and Related Services in Exchange for a Percentage of Gross Collections

11:11:11 came in with prosperity blessings as the transformational shift awaited for centuries….

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Physicians sometimes unwittingly run afoul of Medicare legal rules by not knowing the difference between non-participation, their default status short of participation, and opting out, which requires doctors to take specific action steps.

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Continue Reading Medicare Options for Physicians: Participation, Non-Participation, or Opt Out

Texas has told weight loss clinics to stop marketing HCG for weight loss.

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Continue Reading HCG – FDA drug approval / legal issues for weight loss

A federal judge ruled that an acute care hospital violated Stark laws by submitting claims to Medicare that were induced by referrals.

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Continue Reading Stark laws were violated as a matter of law, federal judge finds

Accountable care organizations (ACO) could include complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

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Continue Reading Accountable Care Organizations to Include Complementary Medicine

A study spearheaded by a colleague of mine, Sara Warber MD at University of Michigan medical school, finds that drumming, guided imagery and other techniques helps heart patients.

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Continue Reading Spiritual care lowers depression, study finds