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FDA Seeks Opioid Guidelines Tailored to Specific Conditions
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08/24/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 406 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 208 min read
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Current federal guidelines discourage the use of opioids for treating acute pain beyond three to seven days. But what if the guidelines were more specific, with prescribing recommendations for pain resulting from a bone fracture, a knee surgery or a spinal fusion — all based on medical...Read More
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First-of-its-Kind Legal Action Taken Against Opioid Prescribers
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08/24/2018
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 308 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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In what’s being described as a first-of-its-kind move against doctors suspected of illegally prescribing opioids, temporary restraining orders were issued that forbid two Ohio doctors from writing prescriptions.
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Fraud, Out-of-State Coverage and Drayage Bills Amended
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08/22/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 391 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read
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The chairman of the California Assembly Insurance Committee eliminated contentious language relating to privacy laws from a fraud-fighting bill and attempted to further clarify conditions in which police officers can be covered for injuries occurring outside of the state.
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Fiscal Committee Passes Death Benefit Filing Extension
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08/20/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 341 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 84 min read
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The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed a bill that would preserve the extended deadline for beneficiaries of police and firefighters to file claims for death benefits in California.
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Formulary Regs Could Let Assistants Handle Peer-to-Peer Interviews
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08/17/2018
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State: KY | Segment: Top | 226 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read
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Implementing changes required by a reform measure as sweeping as House Bill 2 is no easy task, especially with a December deadline looming, according to members of an advisory committee that has met regularly for the past two months.
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Firefighters, Attorneys Say Cities Find Ways To Fight Presumption
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08/14/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 249 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read
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Texas firefighters and their attorneys are hoping the Legislature will close some gaps in the state's cancer presumption law that they say have made it easier for cities to avoid paying benefits.
Several Texas attorneys and firefighters’ union leaders allege a systemat...Read More
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Feds Say Younger Drobot Lied About $250,000 Payment at Sentencing
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08/13/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1852 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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A federal judge ordered Michael R. Drobot to appear in person for a hearing to determine whether he should be held in contempt for allegedly misleading the court into thinking he had already paid part of a personal money judgment when he was sentenced.
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