WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC, and owner Gregory Balotin have agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to resolve lawsuits filed in Jacksonville, Florida, alleging they violated the False Claims Act by adding the antipsychotic drug aripiprazole to topical compounded pain creams to boost reimbursement and by routinely waiving patient copayment obligati  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: * * * Wekiva Springs Center LLC employees reported 10 assaults in 53 days by patients * * * The findings of a federal workplace safety investigation are shocking -- workers assaulted, confined by patients, and suffering broken bones and concussions and wounds from being scratched, bitten, punched and kicked -- at a Jacksonville beha  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 4 issued the following news release: The findings of a federal workplace safety investigation are shocking -- workers assaulted, confined by patients, and suffering broken bones and concussions and wounds from being scratched, bitten, punched and kicked -- at a Jacksonville behavioral health and substance disorder facility. Perhaps more shocking is how often and for how long em  more