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Here is an article of a complaint issued to the NH Board of Pharmacy.. Where it is alleged that a Planned Parenthood is “dispensing” legend drugs without a Pharmacist involved. Will the BOP “wimp out” and claim that the Planned Parenthood agency does not have any license from the BOP and thus the BOP has […]
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According to the Pharmacy Warrior the chain store where he/she works… puts anyone wanting a flu/vaccine shot AHEAD of all waiting Rxs.. Imagine… you are sick or you have a sick child and you just spent several hours in a doctor’s office… and you are trying to get a prescription filled … so that you […]
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If you are EXPRESS SCRIPS (ESI)… you come with a new program to encourage people to take/buy more medication under a the disguise INCREASING COMPLIANCE.. According to article in DRUG TOPICS… ESI is going to ….collect information about patients, their physicians, medical conditions, and prescribed therapies to determine who will most likely be at risk… […]
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Here is a article that appeared today in San Francisco Chronicle has anyone ever heard of these two companies SXC Health Solutions Corp. & Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. From the article… here is the description of what the company does Founded as Systems Xcellence in 1993, SXC negotiates with drugmakers for lower prescription medicine prices […]
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I don’t often write about the day to day perils of working in a LTCP… but some of the staff …. today…. we receive faxed in orders…. only having patient name on them…. call to LTCF … CLARIFY ORDERS PLEASE …. we receive second fax… INVANZ 1 Gm…. call to LTCF … WOULD THAT BE […]
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According to an article in DRUG TOPICS Two top officials of the Obama administration declared a high-tech war on Medicare fraud If we are no better at this war than the “war on drugs” … WE ARE IN TROUBLE ! Just think of all the “bureaucratic wars” that have been declared … and all the […]
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ESI/Medco announced that they closed the merger deal on April 2nd… according to this article The lawsuit filed by NCPA & NACDS & others…. BMO Capital analyst Dave Shove called the request for an injunction a long shot because the plaintiffs must convince the judge there is a threat for severe and immediate harm, and […]
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I have created a new Facebook page Pharmacy Roulette – you bet your life… it is going to be a repository of published news on how pharmacy and our healthcare system is harming & killing patients … it also goes out on Twitter … click here if you wish to follow. If your own work […]
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In a recent article in DRUG TOPICS … Should independent pharmacies be given anti-trust immunity to act against contracts presented by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)? A representative of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said “no” and pharmacists said “yes” during a Congressional subcommittee hearing on HR 1946 last week. “Giving healthcare providers – whether pharmacies, […]
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On ABC news the amount of drugs store robberies and holdups continue to increase. As I remember…. back in the early 70’s…. stealing controlled substances from a pharmacy was made a FEDERAL OFFENSE… the same as robbing a bank… Has anyone seen the FBI involved with a pharmacy robbery? Here is quote from a robbery […]
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