Latest News & Updates

• We Answer Your Questions About LegitScript’s Addiction Treatment Certification

  

  By LegitScript Folks

  on May 08, 2018

    Last month, LegitScript launched a new certification program for drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers aimed at reducing the influence of opportunistic providers that have been cashing in on patients’ recovery efforts and insurance billing opportunities. The program is also an opportunity for legitimate providers that are certified and monitored by LegitScript to advertise…

• Ghost Guns Pose Reputational Risk for Payment Facilitators

  

  By David Khalaf

  on April 30, 2018

    Payment facilitators typically prohibit merchants selling firearms because of card brand rules, and because the complex web of jurisdictional laws in the US makes it difficult to track the legality of weapon purchases. Despite this prohibition, some merchants try to skirt the terms and conditions of payment processors by selling firearms that aren’t technically…

• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Stresses Both Awareness and Action

  

  By LegitScript Folks

  on April 23, 2018

  The abuse of prescription drugs is a complex, multifaceted problem that can’t be solved alone by government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, advocacy organizations, groups of industry professionals, or members of the public. But it can be solved by the combined efforts of all of these. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day not only highlights the action…

• LegitScript’s New Certification Program for Addiction Treatment Providers Will Help Those Most Vulnerable

  

  By David Khalaf

  on April 16, 2018

  I’m pleased to announce that today, LegitScript is launching a certification program for drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers. I’m also pleased to share that Google, also today, announced that starting in July, all drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers in the United States that wish to advertise on Google AdWords will be required to…

• 

  “Hate/Harm” Content Poses a Reputational Risk for Card Brands and Payment Facilitators

  

  By David Khalaf

  on April 09, 2018

  With the gaining momentum of the alt-right movement over the past few years, the US and other Western countries have seen an increase in hate groups and other extremist organizations that frequently operate and organize through the internet. Although the First Amendment of the US Constitution offers broad protections for speech, card brands, payment facilitators,…