Medical identity bill awaits Ga. governor
Credit identity theft crimes are nothing new, and there have been laws on the books to protect individuals in those cases....
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Florida Governor vows to fight for PIP law
A Florida circuit court judge has issued a temporary injunction against certain provisions of the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP)...
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Judge grants injunction against Florida’s PIP insurance law
A Leon County judge has issued a partial injunction against the state’s PIP auto insurance law, putting at least a temporary...
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Pa. bill would create prescription database for doctors
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for several years has been able to track prescription drug abuse by consulting a database of...
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Georgia drug diversion bill awaits Senate action
For the second time, a bill that could bring pain management clinics — and suspected “pill mills” — under state regulation...
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West Virginia bill would study prescription abuse
A proposal to set up a special team to study prescription drug overdoses is working its way through the West Virginia...
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Ky. Senate OKs ‘pill mill’ bill
After more than a year of debate, a bill that would revamp Kentucky’s prescription drug law to focus more strictly on...
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Indiana senate passes bill to curb prescription drug abuse
A bill designed to limit prescription drug abuse unanimously passed out of the Indiana Senate by a vote of 50-0 Monday....
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Alabama House approves bill to fight Medicaid fraud
The Alabama House has approved a bill aimed at cutting down on fraud and abuse in the state’s Medicaid program. The...
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Bill to deter Medicaid fraud advances, despite stirring van services’ protests
The Senate’s chief health policy writer has advanced a bill targeting fraud in the state-federal Medicaid health insurance program for the...
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