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ACLU Says Key Patient Info Leaked from PDMP

06/14/2013
Associated Press reported Thursday. The civil rights group said E-FORCSE the Electronic - Florida Online Reporting of Controlled Substances Evaluation program released patients' personal details including dosage amounts birthdates addresses and other information to prosecutors and defense attorneys

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State Pondering Pain-Clinic Bill while 'Pill Mills' Move North

03/16/2012
" Weldon said. "We're getting some of the thugs from South Florida up here running these clinics." The Georgia House of Representatives voted 124 to 38 on March 5 to pass the "Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act" which would require the state Composite Medical Board to license all pain clinics. The bill

Category: News

Walgreens' Record Settlement Will Curb Painkiller Distribution

06/14/2013
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief An 80 million settlement between Walgreens Corp. and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration about the retail drug store chain's dispensing of OxyContin and other prescription painkillers in Florida will shut off the supply of all controlled substances

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Surgeon General Launches 'Pill Mill' Crackdown

07/07/2011
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief Florida Surgeon General H. Frank Farmer Jr. has launched the opening phase of the state's crackdown on pill mills with an emergency declaration and a warning that law enforcement teams will inspect 24 of the state's high-volume pain clinics and begin

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Legislature Adjourns after Contentious and Busy Comp Session

05/06/2013
' compensation bills this session said Larry Gonzalez FWA's executive director. During the final hours of the session the Florida House and Senate added an amendment to HB 1159 which mostly dealt with children's hospitals. E-FORSCE Florida's PDMP will receive 500000 in state funding on July 1 2013

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The 2011 Florida Legislature

06/13/2011
state employment. House Bill 7095 revives Florida efforts to establish a statewide electronic database known as a prescription drug monitoring program PDMP. Finally House Bill 723 provides limitations on injuries that occur outside of Florida.Titled “Extraterritorial Reciprocity in

Category: Industry Insights

CVS Refusing to Fill Opioid Prescriptions by Some Doctors

12/05/2011
Maine to stock up on narcotics and take them back home. During the 2011 session the Florida Legislature banned doctors from dispensing drugs on Schedules II and III of the Drug Enforcement Administration DEA list and mandated a prescription drug monitoring program PDMP which was launched by the

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State Launching Two-Pronged Attack on Prescription Drug Abuse

06/27/2013
Rep. Tom Weldon R-Ringgold and Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairwoman Renee Unterman R-Buford told lawmakers this session were operating in Georgia. Weldon and Unterman said the legislation was needed to crack down on "pill mills" that migrated north from South Florida in advance

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Repackaged Drugs Target of Proposed Maryland Fee Schedule

04/12/2011
pharmaceutical business in Maryland. He said the group also supports creation of a prescription drug monitoring program PDMP which was recently approved by the Maryland House and Senate. The General Assembly was scheduled to adjourn for the 2011 session last night. Last month the General Assembly's Joint

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Langham: A Recent 'Real' Fraud Discussion

08/21/2017
"_blank"hospital scheme in California We are well aware of medical care provider behavior that has propagated pill mills and even led to

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