On Behalf of Boesen & Snow LLC | Jan 21, 2020 | Pharmacy Regulatory Compliance
HIPAA is almost 25 years old, and articles have begun looking at its impact. Lawmakers first enacted the landmark law in 1996, the year before the invention of the DVD. Aiming for security and privacy in U.S. health care, HIPAA began in the era of mostly paper...
On Behalf of Boesen & Snow LLC | Nov 13, 2019 | Pharmacy Regulatory Compliance
Pharmacies and the rest of the health system are still meeting and adjusting to the changes brought by USP 800. Not meeting its standards for handling hazardous drugs can pose medical risks for patients and staff as well as professional and legal risks. But a recent...
On Behalf of Boesen & Snow LLC | Nov 4, 2019 | Pharmacy Regulatory Compliance
Health care companies often find it challenging to stay ahead of the various trends across their sector. As both third-party entities and the federal government look at making changes that could impact the drug industry, there are some updates the pharmaceutical...
On Behalf of Boesen & Snow LLC | Jun 6, 2019 | Firm News, Pharmacy Regulatory Compliance
The Arizona Court of Appeals has decided that a national chain of pharmacies can face a lawsuit after one of its pharmacists joked with a man’s ex-wife about a prescription for erectile dysfunction drugs. The lawsuit was dismissed by the trial court and the...
On Behalf of Boesen & Snow LLC | May 25, 2019 | Firm News, Pharmacy Regulatory Compliance
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), agreed to accept a fine from a national drug store chain due to filling fake prescriptions in Rhode Island. The fine came without an admission of liability from the company and amounted to over one half million dollars. The...