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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2024

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Institutional Firms Enter Crypto Market; Crypto Firms Partner on New Products - According to recent reports, a major global bank is establishing a spot trading desk for buying and selling bitcoin and ether. The new desk,...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Should Employers Purchase Naloxone for Emergency Use?

In recent years, we have had a number of clients report suspected employee overdoses at their facilities. The growing availability and potency of fentanyl and other opiates has resulted in an epidemic of overdoses and deaths....more

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HHS Office of Inspector General July 2023 Enforcement Activity

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Harris Beach invites you to register for its 7 Element compliance program series addressing New York’s 2020 and 2022 updates to Medicaid Compliance Program requirements. Starting on August 16th, each live program will be no...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 26th Annual Compliance Institute - March 28th - 31st, Phoenix, AZ

The primary educational and networking event for healthcare compliance professionals - As our flagship healthcare compliance conference, HCCA’s Compliance Institute (CI) has been providing educational resources and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Nashville Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - November 5th, Nashville, TN

Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 12th - 13th, 8:50 am - 6:00 pm CDT

Get the latest updates on government initiatives related to physicians and clinics - HCCA’s Clinical Practice Compliance Conference provides insights, updates, and strategies that are pertinent to developing and managing...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 25th Annual Compliance Institute - April 19th - 22nd, 9:30 am - 4:35 pm CDT

The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2020 Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 26th - 28th, Atlanta, GA

Our annual Clinical Practice Compliance Conference provides information about the latest government initiatives related to physicians and clinics, and physician integrity trends. Unite with your colleagues to discuss...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2020 Virtual Compliance Institute - March 30th - April 1st, Nashville, TN

We are excited to bring the healthcare compliance sessions and updates to you as an interactive, online experience. Watch, listen, and ask questions.  Each hour, attendees will be able to select from four concurrent sessions....more

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Changes Coming For Prescribers To The Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

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In response to the opioid epidemic, many states, including Texas, created prescription drug monitoring programs to monitor high-risk patients and provider behaviors. The Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (“PMP”) is...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Syria, North Korea and Other Sanctions Provisions Enacted as Parts of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 3rd-6th, Washington , DC

Prepare your organization to respond to the ever-increasing emphasis on healthcare compliance issues by enforcement authorities. Hear first-hand from government officials about regulatory changes, expectations, and key...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 27th-29th, Nashville, TN

Our annual Clinical Practice Compliance Conference provides information about the latest government initiatives related to physicians and clinics. Unite with your colleagues to discuss strategies for facing compliance issues...more

Reveal

Redaction Errors in Federal Opioid Case Reveal Importance of Legal Technology

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For as long as humans have been writing things down, redactions have been a part of the process. In the beginning, they were used to integrate disparate stories and folktales, but these days, when we hear about redactions,...more

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FinCEN Advisory Highlights Money Laundering Risks Related to Fentanyl Trafficking

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On August 21, 2019, FinCEN issued an advisory (the “Advisory”) alerting financial institutions to various financial schemes and mechanisms employed by fentanyl and synthetic opioid traffickers to facilitate the illegal...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

A Compliance Response to the Opioid Crisis: Part II – The Compliance Solution

Yesterday I begin a two-part blog post series on how compliance can be a part of the solution to the opioid crisis. In Part I, I considered the many different types of potential regulatory and liability risks health care...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Summit on Controlled Substances – Regulation, Litigation, and Enforcement - May 29th – 30th, Washington, DC

ACI is excited to return to Washington, D.C. with our one-of-a-kind, interactive forum where stakeholders can gather with peers, discuss challenges, and walk away with tailored strategies for overcoming these challenges. ...more

Nossaman LLP

Avoiding Medical Board Discipline when Prescribing Opiates

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There is a host of new, ever changing, and conflicting guidelines from a multitude of regulators and academic societies. This evolving and uncertain landscape is making the life of a practicing pain physician in the midst of...more

K&L Gates LLP

Working Wise: Workplace Considerations Related to the Opioid Epidemic

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In this episode, Ryan Redekopp discusses some of the major workplace considerations related to the opioid epidemic, including potential signs that an employee might be suffering from addiction; considerations related to drug...more

Fisher Phillips

Organizations Making a Difference in Safety and Management: BevCap - Part I

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I wish that time permitted us to write more often about the good work done by various groups to improve workplace safety and management. Notable examples include AGC –National and numerous state AGC-Chapters, the National...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Can Surgeon General Advisory Affect Opioid Overdoses?

Jerome Adams Calls on Communities To ‘Be Prepared’ and ‘Save A Life’ The opioid epidemic in America is so out of hand that the U.S. surgeon general’s office has issued an advisory: “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life.”...more

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Collection and destruction of controlled substances recovered from hospital patients and visitors

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The national opioid crisis has led politicians and law enforcement to increase their focus on the regulation of controlled substances. Hospitals and other facilities should ensure that they are compliant with DEA rules on not...more

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The alarming cost of opiates in the workplace and what you can do about it

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The direct and indirect costs associated with employees’ use of drugs, including opiates, are alarming. According to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, impaired workers are...more

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Opioid Epidemic Spurs Increase in Drug Testing, Risks for Employers

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently added four drugs at the heart of the nation's opioid epidemic to its drug testing panels: hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone—the central ingredients in such...more

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