False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
Prescribing GLP-1 Medications: Be Aware of Legal Limitations
Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance
Podcast: Post-Dobbs Access to Reproductive Health Care and Abortion-Inducing Drugs - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Impact of COVID-19 on Pharmacist Scope of Practice: Before and After the PREP Act - Diagnosing Health Care
Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act
Edible Bites Episode 3: Cannabis and Life Sciences Video Webinar Series
Health Care Continues to Drive False Claims Act Recoveries: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series
Drug Pricing Initiatives During the Trump Presidency
Bill on Bankruptcy: AMR Make-Whole Opinion Vulnerable on Appeal
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top In spring 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resolved and ended the GLP-1 medications shortage, subsequently releasing declaratory orders that neither...more
Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more
Welcome to the seventh issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 383 into law, placing new restrictions on pharmacy benefit...more
As expected, the lawsuits have commenced following the enactment of the Arkansas legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBM’s) from owning or operating actual pharmacies within the state. Michigan has filed its...more
Indiana recently enacted significant new legislation that will impact how pharmacy benefit management services are provided in Indiana. Senate Bill 140 (SB 140), signed into law during the 2025 legislative session, imposes...more
On May 15, 2025, the State Medical Board of Ohio, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy and the Ohio Board of Nursing (collectively, the “Boards”) jointly issued a significant regulatory statement (the “Statement”) clarifying the legal...more
On April 16, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law House Bill 1150, now Act 624 (the Act), making Arkansas the first state in the nation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from acquiring or...more
On April 16, 2025, Arkansas House Bill 1150 (the “Bill”) was signed by Governor Huckabee Sanders. The Bill will have substantial implications for pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) and pharmacies across the country....more
As detailed in our February 24, 2025 update, House Bill 123 continues the operations of the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (“the Board”) until October 1, 2026, with changes to the Board’s structure, operations, and practices....more
Beginning January 1, 2026, the Illinois Board of Pharmacy will require “out-of-state” (non-resident) pharmacies licensed or seeking licensure in Illinois to have a pharmacist-in-charge (PIC) who is licensed in Illinois....more
Pharmacies doing business in Massachusetts must act now – The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (the “Board”) has announced a series of new and long-awaited pharmacy licensure regulations that took effect in...more
Until recently, Massachusetts was the only state that did not maintain a licensing regime for nonresident pharmacies (i.e., out-of-state pharmacies shipping drugs into the state). On December 6, 2024, the Massachusetts Board...more
On October 18, 2023, AGG Healthcare of counsel Jennifer Hilliard ably reported on Georgia’s new regulation that would allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana to registered users. Thus, Georgia became the first state in...more
Despite the federal ban on the sale, use, and possession of cannabis in the U.S., in October, Georgia became the first U.S. state to allow pharmacies to sell low-dose tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products. Pursuant to statutes...more
The Georgia Board of Pharmacy has begun accepting applications from independent, licensed pharmacies for authorization to dispense authorized medical marijuana products, and nearly 120 pharmacies reportedly have agreed to...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) recently announced the publication of proposed regulations that would increase the state’s oversight of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). According to DFS, the...more
States remain at the forefront of legislative efforts on a range of issues relating to drug pricing, such as increasing price transparency, capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin, and limiting certain PBM practices. These...more
Taking effect January 1, Oregon recently approved a temporary rule implementing SB 763, which requires licensure of pharmaceutical sales representatives who visit health care providers in the state of Oregon for 15 or more...more