Latest Drugs Headlines
All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Workers’ Comp Market Outlook Remains Positive
Feb 11 2013 // The outlook for Florida’s workers’ compensation market continues to be strong as a competitive market offers affordable rates, although costs could be reduced further if the state addressed prescription drug...
Dallas-Based Prize Insurer Sues Lance Armstrong for $12M
Feb 8 2013 // A Dallas-based firm that specializes in insuring promotions and prizes has filed suit against Lance Armstrong seeking to recoup millions in prize money awarded to the former professional cyclist for winning the Tour de...
Report Suggests Compounders Adapted to California Price Controls
Feb 6 2013 // Think California’s new workers’ compensation reform law addressed just about every aspect of an unwieldy system which, few would argue, desperately needs fixing? Think again. A report on compounding drugs...
Bill Would Expand Definition Of DUI in Oregon
Feb 6 2013 // Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand the definition of drunken driving to include prescription drugs and synthetic substances that mimic drugs. Currently “intoxicants” cover only alcohol,...
North Carolina Cites $26M in Consumer Recoveries in 2012
Jan 31 2013 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced that the state’s insurance department saved or recovered more than $26 million for North Carolinians in 2012. “The Department of Insurance...
SUV Test Drive in Texas Turns Into Drug Deal
Jan 18 2013 // A man who took a $40,000 SUV on an unauthorized test drive in Central Texas has been accused of selling the vehicle for two rocks of crack cocaine. Travis County Jail records show 50-year-old Carlos Sergio Valdes was being...
Kentucky AG Conway Touts Progress in Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse
Jan 17 2013 // Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation this week. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association...
Drug-Related DUI Arrests Increase in Arizona
Jan 16 2013 // An Arizona highway safety official says the percentage of DUI arrests related to prescription and illegal drugs is up even as overall DUI arrests go down. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says the number of...
Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxycontin Makers Accountable
Jan 15 2013 // Oxycontin has become so pervasive in eastern Kentucky the drug was dubbed “Heroin of the Hills.” Now, after years of struggling to combat the abuse of the narcotic, Kentucky officials are getting a chance to...
Florida Doctors Dispute Workers’ Compensation Drug Cost Claim
Jan 10 2013 // Florida doctors are disputing a state report saying drugs dispensed by physicians directly to patients are raising workers’ compensation rates. The Florida Medical Association said in a statement issued that doctors...
Mississippi Pharmacists Battle Benefit Managers, Mail Order Drug Firms
Jan 10 2013 // Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled. However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Dozens Sue Pharmacy but Compensation Uncertain, Tenn. Attorney Says
Dec 17 2012 // Dennis O’Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and...
Montana Woman Fights DUI With Date-Rape Drug Defense
Nov 27 2012 // The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that a Missoula woman charged with drunken driving should have the opportunity to present evidence she was given a date rape drug and that her actions were involuntary. Leigh...
Hobby Lobby Appeals Morning-After Pill Decision
Nov 27 2012 // Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court to block part of the federal health care law that requires the Christian family-owned arts and crafts company to provide insurance coverage for emergency...
Drugged Driving Bigger Problem Than Drunk Driving in California
Nov 21 2012 // A statewide survey shows there are more drugged drivers than drunken drivers on California roads during the weekend. The California Office of Traffic Safety said Monday that 14 percent of drivers surveyed tested positive...
Obamacare Rules on Pre-Existing Conditions, Benefits, Wellness Released
Nov 21 2012 // The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed new health insurance rules aimed at ending discrimination against the sick and guaranteeing minimum benefits for millions of Americans who are expected to obtain coverage under...
West Virginia Employers Seek Solutions for Drugs in Workplace
Nov 19 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Calls to Boost Pharmacy Oversight
Nov 14 2012 // U.S. and state health regulators called on Congress on Tuesday to strengthen federal oversight of compounding pharmacies as lawmakers prepared for two days of hearings on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a...
West Virginia Employers Seek Solutions for Drugs in Workplace
Nov 8 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
