Florida Case Law Update: Doctors No Longer Permitted to Dispense Medications in Office in Workers’ Compensation Claims

Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (DCA) has issued a decision that reshapes how prescription medications may be dispensed in workers’ compensation claims, which will result in cost savings on these medications for insurance companies responsible for covering the cost of the prescriptions. In a significant clarification, the DCA held that doctors who are registered as dispensing practitioners are not...... By: Goldberg Segalla