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Strategy
The Justice Department Sues Walmart, Accusing It of Illegally Dispensing Opioids
ProPublica | December 26, 2020
Two years after the Trump administration walked away from charging Walmart criminally for its role in the opioid crisis, the...
Strategy
2020 Roadmap to Ending the Opioid Epidemic
Melanie Blackman | December 17, 2020
AMA and Manatt Health released an updated version of their national policy roadmap, where hospitals and health systems can help...
Strategy
Patients Struggle to Find Prescription Opioids After NY Tax Drives Out Suppliers
Kaiser Health News | November 17, 2020
Pain patients in New York have lost access to vital medicine since July 2019, when the state implemented an excise...
Strategy
Purdue Pharma to Pay $8B to Settle Criminal, Civil Charges for Key Role in Opioid Epidemic
John Commins | October 21, 2020
The settlement does not release from further criminal charges the Sackler family, owners of Purdue, nor any of company's executives...
Strategy
Health on Wheels: Tricked-Out RVs Deliver Addiction Treatment to Rural Communities
Kaiser Health News | September 28, 2020
A Colorado program has transformed six RVs into mobile clinics to reach isolated farming communities and remote mountain hamlets.
Clinical Care
Overdose Deaths Have Skyrocketed in Chicago, and the Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Making It Worse
ProPublica | May 30, 2020
Opioid-related deaths in Cook County have doubled since this time last year, and similar increases are happening across the country....
Clinical Care
Vaping, Opioid Addiction Accelerate Coronavirus Risks, Says NIDA Director
Kaiser Health News | April 26, 2020
Dr. Nora Volkow, who heads the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains how emerging science points to added challenges for...
Strategy
Arkansas Hospitals File Suit Against Opioid Makers, Distributors
John Commins | February 13, 2020
15 Arkansas hospitals are the latest of hundreds of other hospitals across the country challenging opioid makers and distributors.
Finance
Practice Fusion to Pay $145M to Settle Criminal, Civil Kickbacks Allegations
John Commins | January 28, 2020
The San Francisco-based EHR vendor admitted that it took $1 million in kickbacks from opioid makers in a scheme to...
Clinical Care
Opioid Rx Drop When Default EMR Settings Change
MedPage Today | January 22, 2020
Electronic medical record defaults may influence emergency department prescribing.
Clinical Care
Medicaid Expansion Linked to Fewer Opioid Deaths
John Commins | January 13, 2020
Medicaid expansion may have prevented up to 8,132 opioid overdose deaths in 2015 to 2017 in the 32 states that...
Finance
DOJ Collected $2.6B in FCA Recoveries in 2019 from the Healthcare Sector
John Commins | January 09, 2020
It's the 10th straight year that DOJ's civil healthcare fraud settlements and judgments have exceeded $2 billion.
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