What can the innocent doctor do when audited for drug diversion?

At all ages, there are people who will abuse prescription narcotics one way or another. Some abuse narcotics, causing danger to themselves, and others sell or give them to others, contributing to danger and illegality. When someone goes to the doctor, presenting a condition requiring pain medication, for example, the doctor has no idea or […]

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Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program: Doctors should monitor heavy drugs

For many of us, a trip to the local pharmacy to fill a prescription is a routine event we don’t think too much about. The pharmacists and doctors, however, share a great deal of liability. While most patients follow their prescriptions responsibly, others are misusing the drugs for recreation, illegal sale and other unlawful purposes. […]

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HIPAA violation triggers $1.44 million jury verdict against Walgreen’s and pharmacist

Most people understand that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) concerns the privacy of our personal healthcare information. Indeed the Act establishes strict rules for the professionals who have access to and keep our private records that contain information from our height and weight to medications we take and illnesses we […]

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