Legal News

CMS will need more time before it issues a final rule on conditions for hospices to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.

A California man faces incarceration and a hefty fine for selling drugs over the Internet without the proper safeguards in place.

FDA warns about the dangers in Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream.

The City of San Francisco is suing McKesson in federal court, alleging that the wholesaler conspired to inflate the gap between wholesale acquisition costs and average wholesale prices.

The results of 13 focus groups on Medicare Part D have been compiled into a report for MedPAC.

Because Scientific Laboratories' products are not approved or have not met good manufacturing practices, FDA is barring them from being sold.

Consumers Union is urging the FDA to move ahead with requiring TV ads for Rx drugs to include a toll free number and a Web site address to report serious side effects from presciption drugs.

An expert gives drug plans advice on how to pass a Medicare Part D audit

Several lots of Doxil, Procrit, and Remicade have been stolen, prompting the manufacturers to issue a voluntary withdrawal of the lots affected.

A new Pennsylvania law sets up a voluntary drug repository program for cancer patients.

FDA is holding a meeting, launching a pilot, and releasing a concept paper about drug names next month.

Oklahoma pharmacies can now renew their narcotic registration electronically.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added new critiera hospitals must meet in order to get optimal reimbursement

Congress is considering legislation to establish an academic detailing program to cut healthcare costs

The California board of pharmacy has decided to postpone its electronic pedigree rule that was expected to go into effectin January 2009

States vary in their laws regarding whether pharmacists can dispense when they receive a prescription ordered by the physician for himself or his family members

Ilisa Bernsteain, FDA's director of pharmacy affairs talks to Drug Topics about a variety of pharmacy issues, including e-pedigree, REMS plans, risk management plans and other issus.

Employers look to pharmacists to improve employees' chronic care to reduce healthcare costs and improve health.

The largest California independent living center, two pharmacies, and two Medi-Cal recipients sued Medi-Cal to set aside plans to cut reimbursement

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issues a final rule clarifying its position on the inclusion of insulin and exclusion of erectile dysfunction medications in the Medicare Part D program.

NCPA and the NACDS have amended their average manufacturer price lawsuit to include CMS' interim final rule on multiple-source drugs

Medical devices featuring the Carmeda BioActive surface from Medtronic are being recalled because they are made with the contaminated heparin made in China.

A large group of physicians, pharmacists, and patients have pressed Congress to urge FDA to rescind its policy that bars the use of compounded estriol to treat menopause.

NACDS releases a document stating its position on healthcare reform

In testimony before a House subcommittee, a homecare organization labels the DMEPOS competitive bidding program as a train wreck.

McKesson is settling allegations that it violated federal reporting provisions relating to its handling of controlled substances at six of its distribution centers.

In a settlement with the Connecticut attorney general, the Infectious Diseases Society of America agreed to evaluate its Lyme disease guidelines and use of antibiotics.

There has been an "explosion in interest" in pharmacy fraud and abuse (F&A) over the past few months.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued an FAQ that explains about the use of a non-NPI for prescribers who are not covered entities.

In testimony before Congress, an NACDS executive argues that track and trace should not be required.