Mother Files Suit Against Walgreens Over Prescription That Killed Her Son
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 31, 2017, an Illinois woman filed suit against Walgreens with a state court suit claiming store...
View ArticleAppeals Court Affirms Discipline for Doctor Who Sold Prescriptions at Bar
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 15, 2017, a physician who sold painkiller prescriptions to patients at a bar and restaurant,...
View ArticleKmart Agrees to Pay $32.3 million to Settle Whistle Blower’s False Claims Act...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 22, 2017, Kmart Corporation agreed to pay $32.3 million to settle a whistle blower lawsuit...
View ArticleFlorida Woman Lands Herself 6.5 Years in Prison, Owes $45 Million for...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 22, 2017, a Florida woman who was accused of a $45 million Medicare fraud, received a...
View ArticleFlorida Senate Health Committee Approves Change In Optometrist Certification
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 5, 2017, the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee approved a bill that would allow the...
View ArticleAlabama Doctor and 3 Nurse Practitioners Charged With Running Fraudulent Pill...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 6, 2017, three nurse practitioners and a doctor were arrested following an Alabama federal...
View ArticleIllinois Implements New Regulations That Allow Psychologists to Prescribe
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Illinois clinical psychologists can now obtain licenses to prescribe medications for mental conditions...
View ArticleFederal Judge Dismisses Former NFL Player’s Marijuana Decriminalization Suit
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 26, 2018, a New York federal judge dismissed a former NFL star’s suit demanding...
View ArticleLittle Known Facts About State and DOH Investigations That Could Save Your...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The notice that you are under investigation may seem nonthreatening. It may come in the mail, be delivered...
View ArticleLittle Known Facts About State and DOH Investigations That Could Save Your...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The notice that you are under investigation may seem nonthreatening. It may come in the mail, be delivered...
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