Businesses and doctor groups work on comp drug bill
After business groups and the Florida Medical Association hammered out a compromise on a controversial workers’ compensation issue, the drug-dispensing bill...
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Fla. Gov. Rick Scott leads charge on no fault laws
A fired-up Gov. Rick Scott gave proponents of changes to the state’s no-fault insurance laws a lesson in politics, urging them...
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County PIP auto fraud law reworked in face of lawsuit
Last fall, local legislators in Hillsborough County, Fla., took a radical step and passed restrictions on medical clinics that treat auto-accident...
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Florida’s Surg. General’s pill-trafficking drug bill dies
When doctors are charged with pill-trafficking, Florida lets them make bail and go right back to prescribing while awaiting trial –...
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PIP fraud-fighting bill passes Fla. Senate panel
A Senate panel on Thursday cleared a bill aimed at cutting down the massive fraud plaguing the state’s personal injury protection,...
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Mass. senate leaders call for prescription monitoring
Massachusetts Senate leaders Tuesday called for passage of legislation designed to toughen existing state regulations for the monitoring of dangerous prescription...
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N.Y. Senate OKs bill to crack down on fake auto cards
Legislation sponsored by Senator Jeffrey D. Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) that would impose tougher penalties on those who commit auto insurance fraud passed...
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Ohio businesses oppose bill for tougher fraud penalities
Some Ohio businesses are opposing a bill backed by the attorney general that would create tougher penalties on fraud and give...
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Fla. PIP reform bill passes house panel amid opposition
A personal injury protection bill patterned after Florida’s workers’ compensation program ran into a buzz saw of opposition at a jam-packed...
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Opinion: Ending PIP fraud requires enforcement, laws
With legislative committees currently hearing and debating Personal Injury Protection legislation, the Florida Sheriffs Association stands firm in its efforts to...
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