Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Punitive Damages Upheld Against Uninsured Employer, No Settement - Yet - in Opioid MDL Litigation, Drugmaker Bribes Doctors with Lap Dances to Prescribe Opioid, Silicon Valley Medical Startup Resolves Fraud Charges, Ventura Medical Biller to Serve 210 Days for Fraud, Fraud Unit Compliance Check Finds 50% of Employers Fail, Feds Promise Action to Lower Drug Prices, CWCI Elects Directors for 2018, A.I. as Accurate as Pathologist at Cancer Diagnosis, Indivior Loses Opioid Treatment Patent Suit.
