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It is obvious that the PBM industry is feeling the pressure from bureaucrats, politicians, and those who pay premiums for healthcare. It is interesting that in this advertisement, CHASE, who claims to be the Prescription Benefit Manager (PBM). States that the patient will pay ~ 50% less than what they would have paid cash for […]
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What does MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN really mean? Is a person’s QOL (Quality of Life) part of a person being HEALTHY? Technically, our President is the head of the LAW ENFORCEMENT branch of our government The three branches of government are the legislative branch, which makes laws; the executive branch, which enforces laws; and the […]
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Last night I was contacted by a chronic pain pt. This pt is a chronic pain pt, but what she described to me was that she had a shattered patella. In seeing her PCP, her BP was 220/110 and her PCP told the pt that he could not prescribe any more pain meds. He was […]
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It is FED AG Pam Bondi who is in charge of seeing that all of our laws are enforced. RFK Jr wants to make America Healthy Again. Yet Bondi seems to be out of step with MAHA. Can anyone be HEALTHY and have their QOL that is in the gutter and/or circling the drain? This […]
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Here are two inquiries and responses from Grok, which can be found within the X/Twitter website. The first was fairly factual. IMO, most of the opioid deaths were from Pharma opioids that were diverted. People would go to a “Oxy doc” and get some meds and sell half of what they got, to help pay […]
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The United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies and Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks and Discrimination Against Disabled Americans https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-false-claims-act-complaint-against-three-national-health-insurance The United States filed a complaint today under the False Claims Act (FCA) against three of the nation’s largest health insurance companies — Aetna Inc. and affiliates, Elevance Health Inc. […]
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I have never seen anyone giving Congress any part of their contribution to the theoretical opioid crisis, but this may be their contribution that was signed into law by Pres Clinton. S. 3163 (106th): A bill to designate the calendar decade beginning on January 1, 2001, as the “Decade of Pain Control and Research” This […]
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When an Algorithm Guides Pain Management: The Growing Backlash Against NarxCare Scores https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/when-algorithm-guides-pain-management-growing-backlash-2025a100091n This article is the first in a series on prescription drug monitoring programs and analysis tools designed to give clinician a view of how likely their patient is to abuse or overdose on a prescribed controlled substance. The second part dives into […]
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FDA identifies harm reported from sudden discontinuation of opioid pain medicines and requires label changes to guide prescribers on gradual, individualized tapering
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Read this and weep – AGs and National Opioid Agreement – nicely put CPs OUT IN THE COLD It would appear that many different parts of our federal and state bureaucracy are focusing on cutting the availability of FDA-approved controlled opioids. I guess that the DOJ/DEA was not shutting down practitioners’ offices fast enough. More […]
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