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Teva Reaches $225 Million Settlement with Texas Over Opioid Claims
On Monday, February 14, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $225 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical…
Tribal Nations Reach Multi-Million-Dollar Settlement Over Opioid Claims
Earlier this year, a handful of pharmaceutical companies reached a multi-million-dollar settlement with Tribal Nations over opioid…
Study Finds IT MATTTRs Provider Education an Effective Resource for…
A recent study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) used a novel team-based approach, Implementing…
HHS OIG Report Finds Many Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Receiving…
In mid-December 2021, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a…
November Issue of Policy and Medicine Compliance Update — Features…
Policy and Medicine Compliance Update is our monthly compliance publication designed to help compliance professionals go in depth…
FDA REMS Pain Management and Opioid Therapy: Persistent Knowledge Gaps…
The opioid epidemic that has gripped the US for over 20 years has worsened during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with the highest…
FDA Reconsidering the Need for Mandatory Opioid Prescriber Education
Recently, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a public workshop to discuss mandatory prescriber…
Proposed $26 Billion Global Opioid Settlement Unveiled
On July 21, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a proposed $26 billion agreement with three drug distributors…
Major Not-for-Profit Health System Reduces Opioid Prescriptions
Ochsner Health, a Louisiana-based network of hospitals, health centers, and urgent care facilities, has been working to mitigate…
McKinsey Settles Claims Over Its Role in the Opioid Crisis
In early February 2021, McKinsey & Company agreed to pay $573 million in a multistate settlement for its role in consulting…