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Scott's Planned Shutdown of Prescription Database Sparks Controversy

02/25/2011
" Fasano said. Fasano said the program was assembled by former Gov. Charlie Crist former Attorney General Bill McCollum and former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. "Without the PDMP Florida will return to the days as a haven for doctor-shopping and drug diversion" Fasano said. The legislation

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DEA: Oxycodone Buys Down Significantly After 'Pill Mill' Crackdown

02/07/2012
substances list except in very limited circumstances and mandated creation of a state prescription drug-monitoring program PDMP. " Florida was previously the nation's capital for prescription drug abuse but thanks to critical reform measures spearheaded by the Florida Legislature prescription drug abuse

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KASPER Changes Gain National Attention in PDMP Debate

04/23/2012
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief Months of wrangling by Kentucky lawmakers over expanding the use of the state's 13-year-old prescription drug monitoring program PDMP has become a key part of a nationwide debate over who should control the nation's 40 operating PDMPs and whether

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Problem Prescribers Hit the Hardest by Pill Mill Crackdown, PDMP

08/18/2015
opioid prescribing volume fell in both states but it was faster in Florida. The findings suggest that policy approaches like PDMP and pill mill laws do have the potential to mitigate the prescription drug overdose epidemic that we're now seeing she said. Still some in Florida have complained

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State Sen.: PDMP Program Short on Funding ahead of Summer Launch Date

02/23/2015
a patient may be abusing or diverting drugs. The PDMP Center for Excellence at Brandeis University reported that monitoring systems have led to reduced opioid prescriptions in many states. According to a briefing the center published in September Florida saw a 24 decrease in oxycodone

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New Laws Aim to Curb Opioid Abuse

01/02/2014
Program and to crack down on opioid abuse. Larry Dixon the board's executive director said Tuesday the Alabama Pain Management Law signed into law as House Bill 151 by Gov. Robert Bentley last Aug. 1 was triggered in part by the migration of "pill mills" from South Florida after the Florida

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Scott Signs Repackaged Drug Price Cap and other Comp-Related Bills

06/11/2013
counties and provides a one-time 500000 state appropriation for E-FORCE Florida's 21-month-old PDMP. The Florida PDMP Foundation which finances the database warned the program would go broke later this year because a state statute prohibits PDMP funding from the state and from drug manufacturers

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Health Department Schedules Workshop on PDMP Security

07/05/2013
The Florida Department of Health has posted notice of its workshop planned for next Monday to solicit recommendations for tightening the security rules surrounding the state's prescription drug-monitoring program. The Health Department said it plans to develop rules governing both direct and

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Rate of Drug Overdose Deaths Highest in Appalachia and Southwest

10/28/2013
2011 because of ongoing efforts to control abuse. The group attributes a 2011 crackdown on pill mills by the Florida Legislature and the launch of the state's PDMP that year to a decline in oxycodone-related deaths of more than 17. But the study also concluded "the overuse of painkiller therapy to

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AG Calls for Enhancement to Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

06/16/2011
police would be required to complete continuing education programs to learn how to use the new system. Schneiderman said PDMPs currently operate in 43 states. In Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation that would create a PDMP and ban physicians from dispensing drugs on Schedules II and III of

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