Only in America … the land of stupid bureaucrats ?

U.S. charges hundreds in healthcare fraud, opioid crackdown https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-healthcare/u-s-charges-hundreds-in-healthcare-fraud-opioid-crackdown-idUSKBN1JO26B The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against 601 people including doctors for taking part in healthcare frauds that resulted in over $2 billion in losses and contributed to the nation’s opioid epidemic in some cases. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses a news conference […]

who said that we have the BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD ?

                                            This is a pt with MS and has contracted SHINGLES…  who said that we have the BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD ? My DOG gets better care from her VET.. than it […]

U.S. fines CVS for failing to report opioid theft in New York

U.S. fines CVS for failing to report opioid theft in New York http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2018/jun/28/us-fines-cvs-for-failing-to-report-opioid-theft-in-new-york/ NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health Corp agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil fine to resolve U.S. charges that some of its pharmacies in Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York failed to report in a timely manner the loss or […]

Court overturns Medical Board ruling on Dr. Mark Ibsen

Court overturns Medical Board ruling on Dr. Mark Ibsen ibsenfinalorder

Florida’s New Law on Controlled Substance Prescribing

Provisions go into effect on July 1, 2018. Here is what you need to know https://flmedical.org/Florida/Florida_Public/Docs/FMA-Opioid-HB21.pdf  

An Open Letter to Dr. Andrew Kolodny

An Open Letter to Dr. Andrew Kolodny https://ramblingsoapbox.com/2018/06/26/an-open-letter-to-dr-andrew-kolodny/amp/ Update 6/27/18: I am overwhelmed by the positive responses I have received for this letter. I would ask that readers also take a look at all the articles and references cited in this piece, and share those as well. Those references go into much, much more detail […]

What Pharmacists are saying “on the web” about not filling controls..and.. why

  “We have been told directly per company policy and multiple emails that in cases where we refuse to fill controls we are to cite “professional judgment” and are absolutely not supposed to give any more details than that. We wouldn’t want to get sued for being ‘defamatory’ toward a prescriber, of course. This is […]

Veteran Sets Himself on Fire Outside State Capitol in Atlanta

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/disgrunted-veteran-fire-atlanta.html#click=https://t.co/WmV4QjIAYY%3Chttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url A man who said he was an Air Force veteran upset with the Department of Veterans Affairs set himself on fire outside the state Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday morning. Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia State Patrol said that the man parked a passenger vehicle around 10:45 a.m. and began walking toward the […]

VA Catches Heat Over Previously Unreported Suicide Numbers In New Report

VA Catches Heat Over Previously Unreported Suicide Numbers In New Report www.disabledveterans.org/2018/06/26/va-catches-heat-over-previously-unreported-suicide-numbers-in-new-report/ The Department of Veterans Affairs has reportedly backed off its own suicide report after reporters noted its own data revealed no change in suicide numbers and that suicides among troops were higher than expected. Military Times noted VA was displeased that reporters and […]

Arizona is one of six states: pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions based on moral or ethical objections.

Arizona pharmacist under investigation after declining to fill abortion drug https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/arizona-pharmacist-under-investigation-after-declining-to-fill-abortion-drug-83383 Phoenix, Ariz., Jun 26, 2018 / 02:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An Arizona pharmacist is under investigation after refusing to fill a medical abortion prescription, citing ethical objections. The case involves a 35-year-old woman named Nicole Arteaga, who was told by her doctor at nine […]