All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 13 2013 // An Iowa City pharmacist will contest federal criminal charges alleging that he improperly filed insurance claims for expensive drugs needed to treat patients with hemophilia, his attorney said.Michael F. Stein made an...
Jun 12 2013 // A man is seeking $500,000 from an Arizona city for his arrest on a drunken driving charge even though a breath-alcohol test showed he hadn’t consumed any alcohol.Jessie Thornton was cited in a Dec. 7 traffic stop in...
Jun 12 2013 // Drivers in St. Clair and Bibb counties who were stopped at roadblocks in the area over last weekend were asked to give anonymous breath, saliva and blood samples as part of a national study, authorities said Monday.Giving...
Jun 12 2013 // Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated federal rules governing the distribution of prescription painkillers.The U.S. Drug...
Jun 10 2013 // An eastern Kentucky official has announced a settlement in a lawsuit over the drug OxyContin.The Appalachian News-Express cited a statement from Pike Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford in reporting that drug maker Purdue...
Jun 3 2013 // A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing, and the initiative might also seek to lift the cap on damages in medical malpractice cases.The...
Jun 3 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a larger report on opioid use by injured workers. This particular part covers the U.S. Western Region. A national story appeared in the last issue of Insurance Journal. That article can...
Jun 3 2013 // In Texas and Oklahoma the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is ongoing.Oklahoma in 2012 enacted legislation adopting the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) as the standard...
Jun 3 2013 // There are close to 40,000 drug overdose deaths each year in the United States, and the number continues to rise, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, which show more than half of...
May 30 2013 // Specific government job categories must be considered for mandatory drug testing in Florida, an appeals court concluded in a ruling that said a judge went too far in blocking enforcement of across-the-board public employee...
May 22 2013 // Spending in the U.S. on specialty drugs used to treat serious diseases is projected to increase 67 percent by the end of 2015, according to a forecast by pharmacy benefit management firm Express Scripts.Specialty medicines...
May 21 2013 // A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing.The San Francisco Chronicle reported the “Pee in the Cup” initiative is being pushed by...
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompIn the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states...
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompIn the Midwest the multitude of jobs in the automotive and...
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompThe epidemic of opioid abuse and its impact on workers’...
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompWashington and California are among states in the U.S. Western...
May 20 2013 // Dispute Resolution“This program represents another option consumers have to resolve disputes with their insurance companies.” —N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski on the...
May 20 2013 // A Washington man thought he found the perfect way to get prescription narcotics – go to a hospital claiming to be in pain due to a work related injury. But an investigation by Washington’s Department of Labor &...
May 17 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular regions click on the respective links below.The national “epidemic” of opioid usage has...
May 17 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompDeaths from prescription drug overdoses jumped 360 percent in the...