Will Indiana’s New Prescribing Rules Be a Pain in the Neck for Pharmacists?
Executive Summary On March 10, 2014, the Indiana Board of Pharmacy (“Board”) issued guidance regarding pharmacists’ “corresponding responsibility” in relation to the Medical Licensing Board’s new...
View ArticleOIG Updates Guidance on Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs
Executive Summary The Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released a Supplemental Special Advisory Bulletin (“Supplemental Bulletin”) on the potential...
View ArticleRecently Filed Legislative Updates Affect Prescription Drug Reporting
Kentucky pharmacists take note: soon you may have to update your prescription drug tracking and dispensation procedures to reflect proposed changes to the Kentucky Administrative Regulations. Section...
View ArticleKentucky APRNs Granted Expanded Prescribing Authority
On July 15, a new law in Kentucky took effect that expands the prescribing authority for advanced practice registered nurses (“APRNs”). Kentucky Revised Statutes 314.042 allows APRNs that have been...
View ArticleOIG Releases Advisory Opinion on Pharmaceutical Direct-to-Patient Sales Program
Executive Summary On July 28, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released Advisory Opinion No. 14-05 (“AO 14-05″), addressing one of OIG’s favorite...
View ArticleOIG Scrutinizes Specialty Pharmacy Arrangement in Unfavorable Advisory Opinion
OIG recently issued Advisory Opinion 14-06, determining that a proposed arrangement for patient referrals to a specialty pharmacy had the potential to generate prohibited remuneration under the...
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