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There is a “old saying”… when you think that you are a “hammer” everything starts looking like a “NAIL”! Does this also define prominent experts that were able to grant “scientific” credibility who specializes in treating addicts? A Court Rejected the Disease Theory of Opioid Addiction. Will We Listen? https://filtermag.org/court-opioid-addiction-disease/amp/ The idea that opioid painkillers […]
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I have always wondered how some of these settlements with Pharmas, Drug Wholesalers and pharmacies – especially chain pharmacies, came to the conclusion(s) that they did. All of these corporations are licensed by the DEA and the state pharmacy boards, to legally be able to buy/sell controlled substances. Both the pharma and the drug wholesaler […]
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When Dr Bockoff’s office was raided by the DEA and shut down and first, there was the double suicide—Danny Elliott and wife Gretchen from Georgia who took their lives one week after the physician’s office was raided. The above hyperlink is another article on how our judicial system left those two no options but to […]
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I remember – as a kid – watching on TV the “old cowboy shows” when one of them got SHOT and the old country doctor was going to dig out the bullet and they would give the patient some WHISKEY and a small tree branch to “chew on” while the doctor begins to DIG THE […]
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CMS proposes additional prior auth reforms for Medicare Advantage plans https://www.cmadocs.org/newsroom/news/view/ArticleId/50770/CMS-proposes-additional-prior-auth-reforms-for-Medicare-Advantage-plans CMS has proposed new regulations aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of prior authorization in Medicare Advantage programs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed regulations that would establish additional guardrails on Medicare Advantage plans’ prior authorization practices — including the […]
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https://www.cato.org/events/pain-refugees-collateral-damage-war-drugs For much of the 21st century, public health officials and policymakers have blamed doctors for overprescribing opioids and causing the overdose crisis. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued pain management guidelines aimed at reducing opioid prescriptions. Most states have codified them into law. Federal and local drug task forces have […]
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Pharmacies sue GoodRx, accusing the company of conspiring with PBMs https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2024/11/19/pharmacies-sue-goodrx-accusing-company-conspiring-pbms It’s not all good news for GoodRx. The drug discount company is facing at least three separate class-action lawsuits from independent pharmacies accusing it of “conspiring” with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to fix reimbursement rates in a way that boosts the PBMs’ profits. Also […]
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Chronic Pain Is Rising, and It’s Not Clear Why More Americans are living with pain now, CDC data show https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/painmanagement/113149 A new CDC report indicated that the percentage of Americans with chronic pain rose considerably in recent years, and it’s not clear why. In 2023, 24.3% of U.S. adults had chronic pain lasting 3 months […]
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Warren Blasts United Health CEO for Monopolistic Practices that Harm Patients Here is a 5 minute video of Senator Warren “ripping” the president of UHC over how they financially operate. UnitedHealth Pays Its Own Physician Groups More Than Others https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/11314 UnitedHealth Group pays many of its physician practices “significantly more” than other groups “in the […]
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