DISMISSED!!!!! Montana Board of Medical Examiners’ Dr. Ibsen “Screening Panel”
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DISMISSED!!!!! Montana Board of Medical Examiners’ Dr. Ibsen “Screening Panel”
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I remember when Pres Johnson created his “Great Society” in 1965, which brought us Medicare & Medicaid. I was in the second class of Baby Boomers to graduate High School in 1965. The last baby boomer was born in 1964 and so the bureaucrats had a stream of new 76 million new tax payers over […]
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The HALT Fentanyl Act HALT Fentanyl Act and FDA-Approved Human Fentanyl Analogs Background: The HALT Fentanyl Act The HALT (Halt All Lethal Trafficking) Fentanyl Act permanently places all fentanyl-related substances (FRS) into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This classification means these substances are considered to have a high potential for abuse, no currently […]
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The US District of Columbia Department of Health, HealthHIV.com and DCEngage.com have invited, funded, and published the following 1.5-hour course in Continuing Medical Education: https://reduceharmdc.org/training/cdc-clinical-practice-guidelines-for-prescribing-opioids/ The course is accredited by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine. It is intended for patients, clinical professionals who treat chronic pain patients, and supporting practitioners. Patients need not apply for […]
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The chart below is the possible adverse effects to the human body if a pt’s pain is under/untreated. I have listed below 5 different chronic health issues and the consequences to the pt if they are not properly treated. I have put in RED three of the chronic health issues that Medicare Part D & […]
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DOJ Subpoenas Doctors Over Youth Gender Care https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/116458 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had sent more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics “involved in performing transgender medical procedures on children.” Though additional details on the subpoenas and their recipients were not immediately available, the department said investigations include healthcare fraud […]
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Judge Orders CVS’ Omnicare Unit to Pay $949 Million Over Invalid Prescriptions https://gvwire.com/2025/07/08/judge-orders-cvs-omnicare-unit-to-pay-949-million-over-invalid-prescriptions/ The pharmacy giant was accused of filing more than 3.3 million false claims for reimbursement by the U.S. government. The fraudulent claims surfaced as a result of a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Omnicare pharmacist. Omnicare improperly billed Medicare, Medicaid, and […]
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The message below is going around the web and apparently Google has decided to let their AI program Gemini to have access to all the data on a Android cell phone, unless you do specific things to stop it from doing this. Remember your data is part of the next “gold rush” and worth a […]
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Switch to Dry-Powder Inhaler Worsened COPD, Asthma Patient Outcomes Veterans Affairs formulary change acted as a “natural experiment” for the study https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/smokingcopd/116412 Key Takeaways Switching from a metered-dose to a dry-powder inhaler after a formulary change increased emergency department visits and hospitalizations in people with COPD or asthma. The absolute changes in risk were small. […]
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I have always contended that the average Rx price went up in direct proportion of the percentage of the Rx market that the PBM’s controlled Look at the chart below, as the percentage of generics increased, which should have showed the average Rx price would have been lower, but the percentage of the Rx market […]
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