Pain Clinic Owner Calls for National PDMP

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe president of the Florida Society of Pain Management Providers this week called on Congress to create a national Prescription Drug Management Program (PDMP) and challenged research by a Florida House of Representatives committee working on legislation that would do away with Florida's monitoring program.Paul Sloan, who owns two South Florida pain clinics, spoke at a hearing called by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., in Sarasota Monday. He warned Gov. Rick Scott's plan to abolish Florida's new PDMP will only boost the state's role as a...