PHARMACIST STEVE

Got a phone call last night from a Senior RPh who works in a Big Box Wholesale pharmacy. This RPH apparently one day messed up his/her password to get into the pharmacy system. Who hasn’t been there done that ??? Apparently the PIC took exception with this problem and “went off” on the RPH… and […]

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Ran across this website…. https://www.covermymeds.com/main/ CoverMyMeds® helps physicians and pharmacists complete Prior Authorization and other insurance coverage determination forms for any drug and almost all drug plans. suppose to be a free service ???

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Walgreens to Provide Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Through Aon Hewitt Corporate Health Exchange in 2014 http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130918-905504.html?mg=id-wsj Walgreens contribution toward the cost of health care benefits will be at the same level as it was the previous year, with employees choosing a health care plan that is personalized to their own individual and family needs. Plan options […]

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Police Investigating CVS Bomb Threat http://uppermacungie.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/police-investigating-cvs-bomb-threat Apparently some customer are not “feelng the love” from CVS employees  

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Back in July I wrote about a former RPH/PIC at CVS that had filed a whistle blower lawsuit against CVS https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=4024 It would seem that CVS’s answer to the lawsuit is due by end of business on FRIDAY (09/20/2013) What can we expect ?… my money is on CVS denying any wrong doing and asking […]

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At least with one pregnant RPH… BIG EVIL .. made this poor woman work FULL SHIFTS up and until three week before she was to delivery .. WITHOUT A STOOL IN THE RX DEPT ! I thought that slavery and torture was either ILLEGAL and/or at least IMMORAL !! I guess that you have to […]

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CVS pharmacies caught lying about risks of high-dose flu vaccines pushed onto senior citizens with aggressive ‘bribery’ schemes Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/042064_CVS_pharmacies_high-dose_flu_shot_vaccines_senior_citizens.html#ixzz2f7LEbaHv I thought that any inducement to get a person to cause Medicare/Medicaid to expend money .. is ILLEGAL… I forgot.. this is CVS… there seems to be very few laws that CVS consider that […]

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U-Haul truck crashes into Van Nuys CVS; 1 injured http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=9248918

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Is CVS rewards program complying with California law? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20130913,0,2932823.column From the article: CVS Caremark insists that it’s just complying with federal law by informing customers that their medical information could be “redisclosed” if they sign up for the company’s prescription-drug reward program. Privacy experts, though, question whether CVS is complying with state law. “California’s privacy […]

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Pharmacy evacuated after bomb threat Friday Could a pt have been so pissed off… that no stinking gift card was going to make it right ? http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=94057 From the article: Bloomington police are investigating a bomb threat that prompted about 15 customers and employees to evacuate a pharmacy Friday evening. No explosives were found at […]

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