prescription drug monitoring program

A new study by University of Florida researchers questions the accuracy of the criteria used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify…

Beginning Monday, pharmacies and physicians who dispense controlled substances will have just one day to report information to the statewide…

Susan Langston wiped away tears as she spoke of a 40-year-old woman who had struggled with cancer for a decade before a Fort Myers pharmacy refused to…

A House budget bill would allow tax dollars to be used next year to administer the state's prescription-drug database, after years of debate about the…

A database that tracks oxycodone and other controlled substances in Florida is being credited with a 25 percent drop in overdose deaths.In 2011, the state…

The 2014 Florida Legislature passed a number of bills relating to health care, most of them modest in scope. But at least one that passed will probably…

A Florida appeals judge has dismissed a case challenging the release of the prescription drug histories of more than 3,300 patients. His ruling says the…

Opting for stronger privacy controls despite law enforcement concerns, the Senate Health Policy Committee has approved changes to Florida’s prescription…

While most of the attention in Tallahassee this week has been elsewhere -- on education standards or the rollout of the health law -- legislative…