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Las Vegas physician (osteopathic medicine) in practice for more than 20 years in Southern Nevada lost his license…for code of conduct violations..Dr. David Moon of Accelerated Rehabilitation and Pain Center had been accused of poor record keeping, improper prescribing practices, failing to supervise his physician assistants and issues involving his arrest…in  2013….

Electronic health records can increase a provider's malpractice exposure,… EHRs initially were envisioned to reduce medical errors, but surmises that hasn't yet occurred…EHRs are causing or contributing to malpractice problems… found to create new, unanticipated legal problems…are changing the nature of medical malpractice lawsuits.

• Computer glitches and design flaws, such as a restrictive drop down menu, which can cause medical errors
• The "transparency" of EHRs themselves, which makes it harder to hide mistakes or sloppy work habits
• The increased documentation requirements and resulting desire to use templates and other shortcuts, which can lead to discrepancies in the EHR
• The inability of EHRs to catch some errors, such as dosage mistakes

Food and Drug Administration says Kardashian's social media posts violate federal drug-promotion rules…they don't mention side effects of Diclegis, which include sleepiness that can make it dangerous to drive or perform other activities that require mental alertness…

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidelines on biosimilar reimbursement,.. plans to create a separate code to distinguish a biosimilar from a reference biological, but that any distinguishing identifiers will “have no bearing on coding and payment.” .. the Biosimilars Forum sent a letter to … CMS,.. saying that the proposed rule would limit biosimilar options as a result of reduced investment in their development…

Department of Health and Human Services will fund 266 new primary care community health center sites in high-need areas nationwide to the tune of $169 million.. new sites, infused with Affordable Care Act funds, will increase care access for more than 1.2 million patients, according to HHS, building on $101 million the department gave to the program in May...

Traditional medicines like Suboxone and Methadone is (are) being sold on the streets to increase profits for addicts or drug dealers…With heroin's popularity back on the rise, addicts and dealers are using medicines to treat heroin addiction, like Suboxone and Methadone, to sell or trade on the black market..

..measles outbreak in the copper-mining Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 315 people and infected at least 20,000,…Hundreds more deaths have likely not been documented due to difficulties accessing remote areas,…province's worst outbreak of the disease since 2010….

FDA official accused of tipping companies off to 'unannounced inspections'… plant inspector has been charged with taking more than $150,000 in bribes to pass on info on upcoming pharmaceutical inspections to Chinese drugmakers…Taiwan's Agency Against Corruption has also swept up the inspector's wife and executives and owners of 8 drug companies believed to have made payoffs..

More than half of large employers in 2016 will aim to more tightly manage employees’ use of high-priced specialty drugs, one of the fastest-growing expenses in their health plans…companies still expect the cost of specialty drugs…continue rising at a double-digit annual rate — well ahead of the pace for traditional pharmacy drugs or companies’ overall spending on health benefits…

CVS Pharmacy Inc. sent thousands of autodialed calls and texts advertising its products to customers without their consent, violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, according to a putative class action filed Tuesday in Louisiana federal court.