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Changes Coming For Prescribers To The Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

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In response to the opioid epidemic, many states, including Texas, created prescription drug monitoring programs to monitor high-risk patients and provider behaviors. The Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (“PMP”) is...more

McAfee & Taft

New year brings new electronic prescribing law

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Last year, the Oklahoma legislature joined a growing number of states in taking direct aim at the opioid crisis by enacting legislation designed to combat the forgery of paper prescriptions. More than a year and a half after...more

Baker Donelson

Louisiana Rolls Out Regulatory Scheme for Medical Marijuana

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After enacting legislation in 2015 authorizing the recommendation of medical marijuana to qualifying patients, Louisiana has finally established a regulatory system that could make medical marijuana available late this...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ and OIG Focus on Opioid Abuse: Medical Professionals Who Overprescribe May Be Targets

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Two recent announcements reflect that the U.S. Government is taking aggressive steps to address opioid abuse by identifying and targeting the involvement of medical professionals in facilitating opioid abuse involving Federal...more

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