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Study: Dispensing Ban, PDMP Combined to Reduce Opioid Abuse
07/23/2013
during that time period.
Florida Rep. Mike Fasano R-New Port Richey a prime sponsor of Florida's 2011 pill-mill law said the medical examiners' findings are an indication that Florida's PDMP is working. Fasano unsuccessfully sought passage of legislation last session that would require doctors to
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Pill Mill Bill Dies with Adjournment of General Assembly
04/02/2012
clinics from Florida may also be addressed when Georgia implements its prescription drug-monitoring program PDMP which is set to go online sometime next year.
"We were one of the last states to enact a prescription drug-monitoring program. We knew with the PDMP and the pill-mill crackdown taking
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Why Fla. Workers' Comp Costs are Heading Up
08/04/2011
together clearly lay out the problem.
One described the costs borne by Florida's employers costs much higher than necessary due to inflated costs from drugs dispensed by physicians. A loophole in the law allows doctors to dispense drugs at prices far above those
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Trump's Opioid Panel Recommends Mandatory Doctor Education, PDMP Data Sharing
11/06/2017
. Chris Christie and also includes Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Bertha Madras a Harvard Medical School professor.
The commission held a series of hearings collected public comments and
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Compromise Ban on Physician-Dispensing Headed to Governor
05/09/2011
needs a serious response."
Citing privacy issues Scott originally opposed the PDMP which lawmakers first authorized in 2009. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear among others called for Scott to reverse his position and warned Florida is providing a steady supply of painkillers to Kentuckians.
"The
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AG Urged CMS to Pay for Toxicology Services Her Office Was Investigating
01/12/2016
. The Florida PDMP Foundation Inc. that Millennium created was initially headed up by James Slattery former chief executive officer of Millennium.
Part of Bondi's 2010 campaign platform included launching the PDMP. And she was credited with helping convince Gov. Rick Scott to sign a bill to fund the
Category: News
Clinics Surrender 105,000 Pills in First Phase of Crackdown
07/08/2011
. Drug Enforcement Administration DEA controlled substances list and creates a new prescription drug monitoring program PDMP in Florida.
Farmer gave pain clinics 30 days to dispose of their inventories of the drugs or face seizure by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Teams of state and
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NCCI: Financial Impact on Comp Negligible from Dispensing Ban
04/25/2011
The National Council on Compensation Insurance NCCI said Friday that a ban on physician-dispensing of certain painkillers and other controlled substances passed by the Florida House will have a negligible impact on overall workers' compensation costs in the state.
The House voted 116-1 Thursday
Category: News
South Florida Investigators Launch 'Pill Mill' Crackdown
06/10/2011
requires implementation of a prescription drug monitoring program PDMP.
The new law does not take effect until July 1. It will give the Florida Department of Law Enforcement 3 million to collect Schedule II and III drugs from doctors' offices across Florida.
A spokeswoman for the Florida Department of
Category: News
Polk County Busts 'Pill Mill'
03/09/2012
and III of the U.S. Drug Enforcement's controlled substances list toughened licensing standards for pain clinics and mandated creation of a prescription drug-monitoring program PDMP in Florida.
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