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

The FDA Law Blog

Houck — Separate decisions by federal district courts in Texas and Puerto Rico in the past two months provide cautionary tales for every pharmacy and wholesale distributor dispensing or distributing controlled substances. 11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). 6, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Zarzamora Press Release.

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The 2023 Controlled Substance Assessment Quiz

OctariusRx

The 2023 controlled substance assessment quiz is about to be released! This is our first annual competency assessment focused on controlled substances and regulatory compliance. The quiz focuses on some of the basic elements managing controlled substances. How are you assessing your staff?

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Electronic Controlled Substance RXs: Signed, Sealed, Delivered But Can’t be Filled

The FDA Law Blog

Houck — If a patient presents a paper prescription for a controlled substance to a pharmacy and the pharmacy cannot fill it, the patient can take that prescription to another pharmacy. Transfer of Electronic Prescriptions for Schedule II-V Controlled Substances Between Pharmacies for Initial Filling, 88 Fed. By Larry K.

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Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

The FDA Law Blog

Palmer — The 2008 Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act placed strict limits on online prescribing or the use of telemedicine encounters to prescribe controlled substances. That emergency declaration is set to expire on May 11, 2023. By Karla L. 21 U.S.C. §

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Pharmacists in Florida (and Elsewhere): Waive Prescribing Red Flags at Your Peril

The FDA Law Blog

District Court for the District of Texas on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC for repeatedly dispensing opioids and other controlled substances “by filling prescriptions while ignoring red flags.” Coconut Grove Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 89 Fed. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec. 50,372 at 50,372-73.

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“A Rose by Any Other Name.”; DOJ Argues DEA is Not an Agency

The FDA Law Blog

This error has appeared not just in articles and other news publications but in some court documents as well. Gilbert — One misnomer that has been repeated over the years has been the reference to the “Drug Enforcement Administration” (“DEA”) as the “Drug Enforcement Agency.” The DEA has even made the same mistake. Aims Institute, PLLC, v.

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Guide to Medicaid in New York

The Checkup by Singlecare

New York state has one of the largest populations covered by Medicaid programs, with nearly 9 million people receiving benefits as of 2023. Documentation, including birth certificates or social security numbers, is usually required to prove eligibility.