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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

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11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). 6, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. Zarzamora Press Release.

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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. If people in these groups don’t sign up for Medicare when they become eligible, they can find themselves responsible for all their medical bills for years.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

Todd Sack concludes that, “ the medical office waiting room appears to be an accepted, time-efficient, and effective site to communicate knowledge on climate change and health. ” According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% The healthcare sector contributes 8.5%

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Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. Takes Top Honors in Two Prestigious Categories in 2023 LMG Life Sciences Awards

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is pleased to announce it took top honors in two categories in the 2023 LMG Life Sciences Awards, which recognize the best life science practitioners and firms over the past 12 months from the United States, Canada, and Europe. They range from individuals and start-up companies with no in-house legal staff to large multinational corporations.

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Prescribing Red Flags: Pharmacists Be Wary of What the Doctor Orders

FDA Law

For a controlled substance prescription to be effective, that is valid, it must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of their professional practice. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois, April 21, 2025. 81, 86, 251. 81, 89, 251.

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Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: States Get Ready

FDA Law

Governors, state cannabis regulators, law enforcement groups and local governments weighed in, as did marijuana advocates and opponents, marijuana industry associations, Members of Congress, federal law enforcement groups, healthcare and human rights groups, unions and trade associations, and private individuals. 812(c)(c)(10).

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Welcome to SRP-RMT – Standardization Comes to Regenerative Medicine Therapies?

FDA Law

Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert — On October 20, 2023, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance authored by CBER titled “Voluntary Consensus Standards Recognition Program for Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” Tobolowsky & Richard A. It finalized a draft guidance published in 2022.