"Health & Medical News"

Richard Smith at the BMJ Blog wrote about last week’s Private Sector Health Systems conference [program PDF] in Wilton Park. The full text is at the BMJ, but here’s my summary. In many developing countries, the poor are much more likely to use private providers than public sector, if they use healthcare at all.

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A group practice’s proposal to allow referring health professionals to invest in an ambulatory surgery center would run afoul of the federal anti-kickback statute, states a recent advisory opinion by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.

Legal experts said the Oct. 19 opinion affirms the government’s stance that the arrangements can be susceptible to fraud and abuse and are permissible only under specific conditions.

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Conducting clinical trials overseas is nothing new, however, increasing access to capital and investment in emerging countries does appear to be relatively recent. Two new pieces (links at end) detail the move into China by pharmaceutical companies. I have covered this notion in a previous post.

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