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Marshall Dennehey

Pharmacy Staffed by Pharmacist Provided by an Employee Leasing Agency is a Provider as Defined by Section 109 of the Act. When a...

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700 Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office & SWIF; No. 660 C.D. 2020; No. 617 C.D. 2020; filed May 16, 2024; President Judge Cohn-Jubelirer - In this case, 700 Pharmacy filed five Fee Review...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

New California Law Affects Pharmacy Operations, Staffing Ratios, And Much More

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On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 into law. The new law, sponsored by Assemblymember Matt Haney and the California Board of Pharmacy, aims to reduce medication errors and...more

Morris James LLP

Prescription Errors

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Prescription errors, unfortunately, are common. Every year, 7,000 to 9,000 people die as a result of medication errors in the United States, making it the third most common cause of death in the country after heart disease...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] First Annual Health Care Fraud Symposium - March 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET

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Health Care fraud is a growing national issue. The National Heath Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that health care fraud costs the nation about $68 billion annually — about 3 percent of the nation's $2.26 trillion in...more

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February 2021 Update: California Department of Consumer Affairs Extends and Issues Additional Healthcare Professional Licensing...

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This is the latest in a series of articles discussing selected updates to the Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) waivers issued in response to Governor Newsom’s March 30, 2020 Executive Order N-39-20, which authorized the...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

NJ Court Affirms Board of Pharmacy Application of Codey Law Prohibiting Physicians from Referring Patients to Affiliated Pharmacy...

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In an important ruling, the New Jersey Appellate Division of the Superior Court on May 12, 2020 issued an opinion affirming a decision by the New Jersey Board of Pharmacy that a physician-owned specialty pharmacy, which would...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Will Rx drug costs fall if U.S. puts squeeze on middlemen and curbs rebates?

The Trump Administration has put out its latest prescription to try to slash out-of-control prescription drug prices: Officials want to call medication “rebates” what they say they’ve really become — “kickbacks” — and crack...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FDA Takes Action on Opioids Labeling — It’s about education

Opioid Education - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) crept cautiously closer to curbing the opioid crisis by approving sweeping changes as to how the prescription drugs are labeled. Going forward, such...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Effective November 1, 2015: New Jersey Expands Scope of Prescription Monitoring Program

In July, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed legislation that expands the access, registration, and utilization of the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP). The legislation, Senate Bill 1998 (S-1998), is...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Takes Action on Opioid Crisis

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Amid a recent surge in opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts, with over 1,200 accidental deadly overdoses last year, the Senate passed legislation on Thursday, October 1, that is designed to fight the epidemic on various...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

When Is a Pharmacist Not a Pharmacist?

On January 14 the Texas Supreme Court will hear argument in an appeal that asks the question, When is a pharmacist not a pharmacist? The appeal is from a Texas Court of Appeals decision that answered the question this way: ...more

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