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Moving and Storage Businesses: Heed FMCSA Clearinghouse Requirements to Reduce Drug and Alcohol Violations
Nov 18 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Drug and alcohol violations have increased by 10.2% for truckers,[1] making it more important than ever for motor carriers to utilize the Federal Motor...
Abortions, Drug Use Exposed in Cyber Attack on Australian Health Insurer Medibank
Nov 14 2022 // When the Australian health insurer Medibank Private Ltd. was hit with a ransomware attack last month, it provided regular updates to its customers, including the revelation that personal information from nearly 10 million...
Massachusetts AG Finds More Drug Overcharges in Workers’ Compensation
Nov 8 2022 // Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.2 million after allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures intended to keep costs down and prevent overcharges in the state’s...
Drug Manufacturer Teva to Pay $523M to New York in Opioid Settlement
Nov 4 2022 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Lts. will pay up to $523 million to New York State as part of a nationwide settlement of lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. The settlement with New York adds...
California Doctor Prescribing Unneeded Drugs Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Sep 30 2022 // A physician pleaded guilty to defrauding California’s Medi-Cal system by prescribing unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, prosecutors said. Dr. Mohammed El-Nachef entered pleas in Orange County to one count...
Centene to Pay Texas $165 Million in Medicaid Drug Pricing Settlement
Sep 20 2022 // Health insurance giant Centene Corp. has agreed to pay $165.6 million to Texas to resolve claims that it overcharged the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy services. It’s the biggest known payout by the...
Ohio Court: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Drug Distributor Against Opioid Lawsuit
Sep 9 2022 // An insurer has no duty to defend a drug distributor against lawsuits filed by cities and counties that allege it failed to take proper steps to prevent abuse of prescription opioids, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled...
FDA Says Possible Carcinogen Found in Some Merck Diabetes Drugs
Aug 10 2022 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday certain samples of sitagliptin, a compound in Merck’s diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet, were contaminated with a possible carcinogen. The agency said it would...
New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Trial Hears Drugs, Alcohol Testimony
Aug 3 2022 // A substance made when the body breaks down heroin was present a truck driver’s blood just hours after he was involved in a 2019 crash that killed seven motorcyclists, a forensic toxicologist testified this week. The...
West Virginia Cities, Counties Reach $400M Settlement with Drug Firms
Aug 3 2022 // West Virginia cities and counties reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors, lawyers announced Monday. In a lawsuit in state court, the cities and counties accused the distributors...
New York Accuses Drug Firm Teva of Lying About Opioid Role
Jul 18 2022 // New York’s attorney general says Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lied to evade accountability for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis, and should be restored to litigation where the Israeli...
New York Accuses Drug Firm Teva of Lying About Opioid Role
Jul 11 2022 // New York’s attorney general on Monday said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lied to evade accountability for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis, and should be restored to litigation where the Israeli...
Drug Distributors Prevail in $2.5 Billion West Virginia Opioid Case
Jul 5 2022 // Major U.S. drug distributors McKesson Corp., AmerisourceBergen Corp., and Cardinal Health Inc. are not responsible for fueling an opioid epidemic in a part of West Virginia, a federal judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District...
Oklahoma Reaches Opioid Settlement With 3 Drug Makers
Jun 30 2022 // Oklahoma officials have reached an opioid settlement with three drug companies that would bring more than $250 million to finance efforts to battle opioid addiction, state Attorney General John O’Connor has...
Report: Ibu Most Heavily Used Drug in California Workers’ Comp
Jun 20 2022 // New data shows the types of drugs used to treat injured workers in California, and the distribution of payments for those medications, has shifted over the past decade, with opioids becoming far less prevalent and...
FTC Fires Warning Shot at Drug Middlemen Over Rebates, Fees
Jun 17 2022 // The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously Thursday to increase scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers that act as middlemen between drug companies and consumers in a renewed effort to combat soaring healthcare...
Report: Ibuprofen Now Most Heavily Used Drug in California Workers’ Comp
Jun 9 2022 // New data shows the types of drugs used to treat injured workers in California, and the distribution of payments for those medications, has shifted over the past decade, with opioids becoming far less prevalent and...
Whistleblower Suing Eli Lilly Alleges Drug Manufacturing Problems
Jun 8 2022 // A former human resources officer at Eli Lilly & Co. sued the pharmaceutical company on Monday, alleging she was terminated after pointing out poor manufacturing practices and data falsification involving its...
How Crypto Giant Binance Became a Hub for Hackers, Fraudsters and Drug Traffickers
Jun 7 2022 // BRATISLAVA – In September 2020, a North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus broke into a small Slovakian crypto exchange and stole virtual currency worth some $5.4 million. It was one of a string of cyber heists by...
Washington High Court Declines to Shift Duty to Inform of Drug Risks to Makers
Jun 6 2022 // A prescription drug maker has done its legal duty by warning prescribing physicians of a drug’s risks in accordance with Washington law even when the drugs are advertised directly to consumers, the state’s...
