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In the early 80’s we expanded our independent pharmacy into providing Home Medical Equipment as hospitals’ reimbursement was changed to a new prospective DRG program. Basically, the hospital was paid a flat $$ when the pt was admitted, based on the pt’s diagnosis. If the hospital cost to treat the pt was more than the […]
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Compounded Semaglutide Overdoses Tied to Hospitalizations https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/compounded-semaglutide-overdoses-tied-hospitalizations-2024a1000dte Patients are overdosing on compounded semaglutide due to errors in measuring and self-administering the drug and due to clinicians miscalculating doses that may differ from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved products. The FDA published an alert on July 26 after receiving reports of dosing errors involving compounded […]
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https://americanliberty.news/economics/does-this-single-fact-signal-our-imminent-financial-collapse/phouck/2024/07/ Interest on the federal debt in June was equivalent to 76% of all personal income taxes collected, which is the Treasury’s largest revenue source, with three-quarters of it being used solely for interest. America is headed for bankruptcy fyi https://t.co/O6FH5BK4aQ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 26, 2024 The current state of dollar value destruction: […]
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CenterWell to open 23 senior primary care centers at Walmart locations in four states https://drugstorenews.com/centerwell-open-23-senior-primary-care-centers-walmart-locations-four-states The centers will be located in a clinical office space formerly occupied by Walmart Health. CenterWell, the health care services business of Humana plans to lease clinical space and open senior-focused primary care centers at 23 Walmart Supercenter retail stores […]
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This blog post is not about a particular politician but about the TERRIBLE financial state that all politicians have put our country in – THAT IS NOT TALKED ABOUT! In 2009 when Pres Obama came to office, our country had amassed a 9 trillion dollar national debt since our founding in 1776 – (233 yrs). […]
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Pharmacists & techs – urgent request to speak with a national reporter! Dear pharmacists and technicians, especially chain pharmacists. I have a one day deadline on this one. It’s a tough one, but I’ll ask. I’ve had CVS pharmacists from locations across the nation say that they also get medications hot to touch that […]
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Clinicians must “uncomfortably” examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert https://www.medpagetoday.com/criticalcare/generalcriticalcare/111230 Critically injured trauma patients without insurance had a higher risk of being taken off life-saving care sooner than their insured counterparts, according to findings from a retrospective cohort study of more than 300,000 U.S. adults. After adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics, those without […]
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Texas Lawsuit to Stop Optum PBM Audit Termination https://www.healthlawalliance.com/blog/health-law-alliance-files-emergency-texas-lawsuit-against-optum-pbm-audit-termination When is the last time you took a stand on something that you believed in? Here, at HLA, we stand up everyday for clients across the country who we believe in and who are in serious need of help, whether that be against PBMs, payors, the federal […]
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PAIN PATIENTS Washington State! On Friday July 19th the Washington Medical Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting. During this meeting was continued discussion about changes being made to the opioid prescribing rules/laws in Washington State. With the help of Kat Hatz & APDFoundation I submitted a Petition to the WMC requesting more explicit changes to […]
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Presidential candidate VP Kamala Harris brings to DC the experience of a PROSECUTOR for THREE DECADES. The above video is her first campaign stop where she states that she is going to get women to be allowed to make their own decisions about their bodies and medical decisions and keep the government out of medical […]
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