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State PDMP Target of Constitutional Challenge

06/25/2013
requests and we're being stonewalled by the State Attorneys' Office and the Health Department on our requests for further information." Tanner's complaint came less than a month after the Florida Legislature voted to circumvent a permanent ban on state funding for the PDMP and provide a one-time

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Staff Report: State Docs Sell 85% of Physician-Dispensed Oxycodone

03/24/2011
controlled substances in Florida and to scrap the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program PDMP launched in 2009. Plans by Cannon and Gov. Rick Scott to abolish the PDMP have run into staunch opposition in the Florida Senate where Senate President Mike Haridopolous has vowed to retain the program

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Health Officials Propose Changes after Leak of PDMP Records

08/26/2013
prescription data on Michael Lambert a Daytona Beach Fla. defense attorney who was not a target of the DEA probe. Lambert filed suit on May 31 contending Florida Statute 893.055 the PDMP law violates Section 12 of the Florida Constitution Declaration of Rights which guarantees that "the right of the

Category: News

House Panel Adds Small Pharmacies to Drug-Dispensing Ban

03/31/2011
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief The Florida House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to add small pharmacies less than 10 years old to a controversial ban on physician-dispensing of controlled substances as part of an expanding push to shutter the state's pill mills. The panel voted

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WCRI to Host Jan. 16 Webinar on States' Opioid Controls

12/26/2013
the webinar by discussing the findings in the WCRI study titled "Impact of Banning Physician Dispensing of Opioids in Florida." The study focuses on changes in opioid use among newly-injured workers before and after the implementation of House Bill 7095 which banned physician dispensing of opioids

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Obama Administration Releases Plan for Expanding PDMPs

04/21/2011
regulating pain clinics for consideration by state legislators. Expanding national use of PDMP data to identify "criminal prescribers" and "doctor shoppers." Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the federal initiative Tuesday. "The pill mill and prescription drug abuse epidemic must be addressed at

Category: News

Langham: PDMP and Opioids in Ohio

03/27/2017
column was reprinted with his permission from his  Florida Workers' Comp Adjudication blog.

Category: Industry Insights

Senate Panel to Consider Bill to Plug PDMP Leak

01/14/2014
data from the PDMP. The ACLU also is requesting a federal investigation of the breach. "We see this as a positive step by the Legislature to reasonably limit law enforcement access" Maria Kayanan associate legal director of the ACLU Foundation of Florida said Monday. "This isn't perfect but it's

Category: News

Crackdown in 'Pill Mill Capital' Becomes Law

06/06/2011
bill calls for Florida to continue work on establishing a prescription drug monitoring program PDMP an electronic prescription database containing the names of doctor patients and pharmacies involved in the distribution of controlled substances. Scott initially had opposed the PDMP based on

Category: News

Bill Would Restrict Prescription of Opioid Painkillers

04/26/2011
states" Smith said of the PDMP. "It the bill is not surprising. There are significant problems with diversion in Maine. There's no single solution to really get underneath the problem." The debate in Maine coincides with a vote in the Florida House last week to ban physicians from dispensing opioid

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