Pharmacy Testing Centers: A Prescription for Fighting COVID-19 in Florida
Pharmacists can now engage in a new role in the battle against COVID-19 – testing patients for the virus. Recognizing the advanced health care training that pharmacists receive and the unique consumer...
View ArticleAs COVID-19 Spreads, Florida Pharmacists’ Scope of Practice Expands
Florida has been contemplating ways to increase patient access to care, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipated increase in cases. Recognizing the accessibility of pharmacies,...
View ArticleFlorida Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreements: Defining the Scope of...
While the COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a trying year, one unintended benefit was that the Florida legislature allowed pharmacists to further expand their scope of practice to help patients with certain...
View ArticleNot Without Their Parents – No Pharmacy Services to Florida Minors without...
Pharmacists and other providers should beware of a medical consent requirement buried in the new “Parents’ Bill of Rights” signed by Governor Desantis. The law will be codified at Fla. Statutes §...
View ArticleHave Paper Prescriptions Gone the Way of the Horse and Buggy? Almost.
For most Florida prescribers whose licenses haven’t renewed since 2019, it’s time to commence electronic prescribing. In 2019, the legislature enacted legislation that required electronic prescribing....
View ArticleNew Help for the Florida Healthcare Transaction Attorney- Temporary Drug,...
Whoever authored this new legislation (Chapter 2021-135, Laws of Florida) deserves a pat on the back for an idea whose time has come. When an applicant files for a change of ownership (“CHOW”) or...
View ArticleUpdated for Expanded DDC Interpretation: New Help for the Florida Healthcare...
Whoever authored this new legislation (Chapter 2021-135, Laws of Florida) deserves a pat on the back for an idea whose time has come. When an applicant files for a change of ownership (“CHOW”) or...
View ArticleFlorida Legislation Authorizing Pharmacy Technicians to Administer Vaccines...
Chapter 2022-60, Laws of Florida (http://laws.flrules.org/2022/60), that went into effect July 1, 2022, allows registered pharmacy technicians to seek certification to provide immunizations and become...
View ArticleFix Your Weak Links in Your Medicaid Claims
Medicaid providers and suppliers have likely discovered this the hard way. A provider’s or supplier’s enrollment in the Medicaid program may be insufficient to assure that their provision of a covered...
View ArticleMay Resident Physicians Use Hospital DEA Registration Numbers Off-Site?
A Florida “resident physician” is someone who has completed their internship and graduated from medical school but is not yet licensed as a Florida medical doctor or osteopathic physician and who...
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