PHARMACIST STEVE

Patient comes up to the drive thru window… as a passenger in the car… The pt asks the tech at the drive thru window a question about her meds… Which the tech answered… The pt then proceeded to file a complaint of a HIPAA violation.. Tech was written up ! I am not a expert […]

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Time and again .. we have heard the DEA make the statement that they do not want to keep those pts who have a legit medical need for control substances… yet they continue to use a machete to our pharmacy distribution system. http://www.painmedicinenews.com//ViewArticle.aspx?ses=ogst&d=Policy+&+Management&d_id=83&i=ISSUE:+March+2013&i_id=935&a_id=22628 Walgreens’ Florida Pain Pill Woes Mounting From the article In April 2012, […]

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Same sharp tongue , imagination and humor  … Welcome back David

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Something about this doesn’t make a lot of sense… I did look up Des Moines on yp.com and it seems that this city is very indy focused town.

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For over 40 yrs, we have been allowing the insurance companies to determine our reimbursement rates and even to the services that are able to provide, because ever decreasing reimbursement rates. When these programs began 1969-1970… basically they paid for the medication and the pt paid us to fill it… our fee and their copay […]

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CA Woman, 87, Dies After Nurse Refuses to Do CPR http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ca-woman-87-dies-nurse-refuses-cpr-18645317 From the article: A central California retirement home is defending one of its nurses who refused pleas by a 911 operator to perform CPR on an elderly woman, who later died. The executive director of Glenwood Gardens, Jeffrey Toomer, defended the nurse’s actions in […]

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More companies are tracking employees’ medical data to cut costs http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-your-company-watching-your-weight-2013-02-25?link=SM_hp_ls4e From the article: Your company already knows whether you’ve been taking your meds, getting your teeth cleaned and going for regular medical checkups. Now some employers or their insurance companies are tracking what staffers eat, where they shop and how much weight they’re putting […]

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323293704578332601939386228.html#printMode From the article: In the most recent development, Rite Aid Corp. will open 58 stores, across four markets, which contain in-store clinics providing virtual doctor visits conducted via Web camera. The walk-in clinics—which charge patients $45 for a 10-minute chat with a doctor on a computer monitor Is this pushing the direct pt/physician relationship […]

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323699704578328693720458354.html#printMode infamous quotes: If you like your health insurance … you will be able to keep your health insurance If you like your doctor .. you will be able to keep your doctor.. According to this article… you may be lucky to keep your health … The only people that will be able to get […]

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I first created this blog two years ago.. and it remained stagnant until Sept 2011 when I was appointed as National Public Relation Director of  The Pharmacy Alliance (TPA) ( www.thepharmacyalliance.com ).. as such.. things/information started coming my way.. of just how bad things are out there in retail, in particular. For the previous four […]

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