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Cannabidiol Product Liability Claims Go Up In Smoke

Published: Apr 08, 2019
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Every day our inbox overflows with legal news aggregation emails. Some of the items are useful. Some must have been authored by Captain Obvious. Some are irrelevant to our practice. We would have thought that comfortably residing in that last category are discussions of the burgeoning marijuana field. The "Week...

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Any Willing Provider Laws May Not Apply To Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Published: Mar 25, 2019
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Many states have enacted any willing provider ("AWP") laws that apply to pharmacy participation in networks. These laws require managed care plans to accept qualified pharmacies to be included in the network where the pharmacy meets, and is willing to accept, the terms and conditions of a managed care plan....

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CMS Expands Immediate Jeopardy Standards

Published: Mar 20, 2019
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"Immediate Jeopardy" is defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as "a situation in which the provider's noncompliance with one or more requirements of participation has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to a resident." A hospital or healthcare organization that...

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