Law & Malpractice

Dr. Jack Kain is Director and Medical Science Liaison of Drug Monitoring & Toxicology at Quest Diagnostics. He has served as a consultant, clinical toxicologist and medical science liaison for multiple toxicology laboratories. Dr. Kain has also served on various committees, including the Addiction Treatment Advisory Group for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. His post-graduate training includes a fellowship in forensic toxicology and further graduate coursework in general toxicology. Dr. Kain has developed solutions that identify and incorporate drug-drug interaction analytics into drug testing platforms. Furthermore, he provides toxicology and clinical drug testing education for team members and stakeholders that are addressing the opioid epidemic across the nation.

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Articles

Is testing the right way to tackle the growing drug misuse problem in the U.S.?

Is more testing the answer to a growing drug misuse crisis?

OUD medications are considered to ‘gold standard’ for safe, effective treatment.

Primary care physicians reluctant to prescribe opioid-use disorder medications

Frontline caregivers need the most appropriate tools, though access is a challenge.

Using medication-assisted treatment to combat the opioid crisis

 advises clients on compliance, transactions, government administrative actions, and litigation involving healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, as well as False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

A recent False Claims Act settlement and a healthcare fraud takedown in Texas highlight the need for compliance and vigilance.

The DOJ is cracking down on healthcare fraud. Don’t put your practice at risk.

Physicians and other healthcare providers can help patients manage pain while reducing their likelihood - and opportunity - to become addicted to pain medicine.

Fight the opioid epidemic with proactive education and care coordination 

Julie Miller was the former Managed Healthcare Executive Editor in Chief until May of 2014.

Primary care physicians can help fight the opioid epidemic by offering medication assisted treatment.

How to help your patients with opioid addiction

Ericka L. Adler, JD, LLM has practiced in the area of regulatory and transactional healthcare law for more than 20 years. She represents physicians and other healthcare providers across the country in their day-to-day legal needs, including contract negotiations, sale transactions, and complex joint ventures. She also works with providers on a wide variety of compliance issues such as Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and HIPAA. Ericka has been writing for Physicians Practice since 2011.

In the eyes of the law, prescribing opioids for patients with chronic pain means upholding ethical standards of professional conduct, not following a checklist.

Want to be fined? Follow CMS’ opioid guidelines.

A look at how Purdu Pharma marketed OxyCotin.

How America got hooked on a deadly drug

Avoid legal trouble by doing a thorough review of the electronic prescription process, security options, audits and potential loopholes.

How to safely prescribe and manage opioids 

Lax policies regarding medical records and ordering prescriptions and tests puts physicians-and their practices-at risk of DEA and HIPAA violations.

Opioids