OIG's 2014 Work Plan: A Roadmap to Key OIG Fraud and Abuse Priorities
OIG's 2014 work plan: a roadmap to key OIG fraud and abuse priorities
The Work Plan identifies a number of OIG initiatives that affect hospital, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, home health agencies, durable medical equipment suppliers, physicians, and prescription drugs, among others. Additional OIG … Inpatient … Read more on Lexology (registration)
Lower Providence man who had 52 heroin packets enters drug court program
A Lower Providence man discovered with 52 bags of heroin in… Continue reading
Heroin Overdose Antidote: Who Gets to Carry It?
Heroin overdose antidote: Who gets to carry it?
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — As deaths from heroin and powerful painkillers skyrocket nationwide, governments and clinics are working to put a drug that can reverse an opiate overdose into the hands of more paramedics, police officers and the people advocates say are the most critical group — people who abuse drugs, and their friends and families. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Heroin overdose antidote promises… Continue reading
California Crackdown on Rehab Fraud Misses Clinics With Troubling Audits
California crackdown on rehab fraud misses clinics with troubling audits
Click for larger image Toby Douglas, director of the California Department of Health Care Services, says his staff is continuing to crack down on fraud in the Drug Medi-Cal system. So far, the crackdown has hit 88 rehab clinics with 135 satellite sites – including half of Los Angeles County’s centers. Credit: CNN Life Health Services, a drug rehabilitation clinic in South Los Angeles, took… Continue reading
550-Pound Xanax Bust Highlights Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse –
550-Pound Xanax Bust Highlights Rise In Prescription Drug Abuse –
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550-Pound Xanax Bust Highlights Rise In Prescription Drug Abuse DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Federal agents arrested two Dallas men Sunday after they watched them accept a shipment of 550 pounds of the drug Xanax, according to federal documents. Brandon Lynell Gardner and William Ian Brown face federal charges of … DEA Addresses Increased Student Use of Prescription Drug |
Councilor Eyes Drug Rehab Center – Sun.Star
Councilor eyes drug rehab center – Sun.Star
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Councilor eyes drug rehab center
Sun.Star “We have no program yet for a comprehensive drug rehab and the best way to start is to have our own center where the drug users can be saved and rehabilitated,” Acap said in introducing a resolution for a feasibility study to be conducted on the extent … |