Vol. 7, Issue 16

Find Solutions & Strategies                  April 18, 2016 
Caduceus Dollar Physicians, Drug Companies Strike Back at Attempt to Curb Drug Costs 
 
In This Issue
- PHYSICIAN-DISPENSING
- LARSON'S: Due Process, Psychological Injury, Prisoner, Negligent Hiring
- NATIONAL & STATE NEWS
- eNEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
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Robin E. Kobayashi, JD
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physicians and drug companies strike back at attempts to control drug costs
Are reform efforts aimed at controlling the costs of physician-dispensed drugs having the desired effect? It appears not, at least in CA, FL, PA, IL, and TN.

Roger Rabb, J.D., Special Correspondent for the LexisNexis Workers' Compensation eNewsletter
 
In recent years, at least 20 states have made legislative or regulatory changes attempting to control the cost of drugs dispensed directly by physicians, which have often cost consumers much more than the same drugs dispensed by pharmacies. Drugs dispensed by physicians have often had higher average wholesale prices (AWP) because physicians were dispensing "repackaged" drugs, that is, drugs that had been purchased in bulk by an intermediary, repackaged in smaller quantities, and assigned a new National Drug Code with a new AWP that was noticeably higher than...read more.
LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is the co-author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis). 
  
Oklahoma: Supreme Court Strikes Down Yet Another Provision in State's Comp Act. In a split (7-2) decision, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma has struck down yet another provision of the state's controversial 2013 "reform" of its workers' compensation law...read more.

Connecticut: FedEx Driver Recovers for Physical and Psychological Injuries. The Supreme Court of Connecticut affirmed an award of TTD benefits for an 11-month time period where evidence indicated the employee, who delivered parcels for the employer, fell ill while delivering a package to a fire station and, upon examination...read more.

Louisiana: Parish Sheriff's Office May Not Be Sued by Prisoner Injured While on Work Release. A Louisiana parish sheriff's office that administered a work release program, pursuant to which a prisoner worked for the parish "police jury" as a "hopper" on a garbage truck, was not the prisoner's employer and did not owe a duty...read more.

Federal: Sales Executive's Claims for Negligent Hiring and Emotional Distress Held Barred. A federal court sitting in Nevada dismissed a sales executive's cause of action against his former employer for negligent hiring, training, supervision, and retention of another employee and dismissed as well a claim that the former employer was liable for intentional infliction...read more.
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