Posted on February 3, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/more-than-100-pharmacies-in-kansas-to-temporarily-close-in-protest-of-pbm-practices/ More than 100 Sunflower State pharmacies will close shop next week—to help send a message to lawmakers. Wolkar Drug president and pharmacist Brian Caswell says on Wednesday, February 5, roughly 100 stores in 56 Kansas counties will close—including Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs. Roughly 400 people from those stores will be headed to Topeka—hoping […]
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Posted on February 2, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
The reduction or elimination of a patient’s long-term opioid pain management could potentially lead to legal issues for the prescriber, but the situation is complex and depends on various factors. Prescribers who abruptly discontinue or substantially reduce opioid therapy for patients on long-term treatment may face legal risks: 1. Potential civil liability: Healthcare providers who […]
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Posted on January 31, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
Walgreen’s stock price has dropped ~ 80% over the last 5 yrs. The DOJ has been “going after” these large chains for BELIEFS that they were filling controlled Rxs for pts without a valid medical need. As I remember this all started around 2011 – just after the Decade of Pain Law expired and not […]
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Posted on January 30, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
abdominoplasty –commonly known as a “tummy tuck bunionectomy — surgically reduce a bony bump that forms at the base of the big toe all participants in the trials with inadequate pain control were permitted to use ibuprofen as needed for “rescue” pain medication Both trials demonstrated a statistically significant superior reduction in pain with Journavx […]
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Posted on January 30, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
I have read – or someone told me – that the DEA/DOJ when they RAID a practitioner’s office. They ask the practitioner how did they know that the pt was suffering/dealing with chronic pain. They ask for the “tests” to prove that the pt was dealing with pain, but we all know that there are […]
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Posted on January 28, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
NCPA warns CMS that many independent pharmacies won’t carry MDPN drugs https://ncpa.org/newsroom/news-releases/2025/01/27/ncpa-cms-third-independent-pharmacies-wont-carry-drugs-negotiated The National Community Pharmacists Association today submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with a stern warning that more than 90 percent of independent pharmacies may decide, or have already decided, to not stock drugs in the Medicare Drug Price […]
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Posted on January 28, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
Is this just another PREMATURE DEATH caused by inappropriate care, denial of care, or just “writing off” another high acuity chronic pain pt? Another death that will not show up on any statistical database as an intentional failure of our health care system? Gretchen’s Pain Journey and Death I write this on behalf of one […]
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Posted on January 27, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
Online advertising of compounded GLP-1 receptor agonists often doesn’t meet federal advertising rules Online advertising of compounded GLP-1 receptor agonists often doesn’t meet federal advertising rules Researchers investigated whether online sellers of compounded formulations of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) — popular diabetes control and weight loss agents — adhere to federal advertising rules. […]
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Posted on January 23, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
FTC sues, chides CVS and Cigna as part of PBM probe https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2025/01/23/ftc-sues-chides-cvs-and-cigna-part-pbm-probe Word is circulating that Lina Khan—who served as the chair of the Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden—will soon resign from the commission, but her tenure at the agency comes to a close with yet another swipe at PBMs. The FTC […]
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Posted on January 23, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve
With this law, the actual who/what is guilty is what asset is confiscated. How does a house/boat/stack of money defend themself? With the majority of the currency forfeited is < $500, the cost of trying to retrieve the asset by proving it is not ill gotten gain, what is the cost of hiring an attorney […]
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