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Florida Legislators Move to Prevent Doctor Shopping

By Robert David, Esq.

Legislation before the Florida House and Senate would require a controlled substances reporting database containing all prescribing and dispensing information related to certain controlled substances. The purpose and intent of the statute is to prevent drug abuse and profit making by the over prescribing of controlled substances. The database would be accessible by pharmacists and practitioners dispensing medications to patients to make sure a patient has not received multiple prescriptions for controlled substances. However, somewhat disconcerting from a civil liberties perspective is that the database would also be accessible to law enforcement as part of an ?active investigation.? This includes State Boards, Medicaid fraud investigations or any investigation concerning fraud, prescribing, or dispensing controlled substances which seems to include any time law enforcement wants the information...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).