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Major PBMs Inflated Drug Prices, Pocketing $7.3 Billion Along the Way, FTC Says https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/113781 Three largest PBMs reimbursed own pharmacies at higher rates than independent ones, report finds The three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflated the price of specialty generic drugs beyond their costs of acquisition, earning more than $7.3 billion in revenue from […]
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FDA Declares End to Tirzepatide Shortage While compounded GLP-1s served an important role during drug shortages, they are not considered identical to FDA-approved brand-name medications Mounjaro/Zepbound, Eli Lilly GLP-1 injectables are no longer in “short supply”. Thus compounding pharmacies can no longer legally compound it. Starting in 2025, once the Medicare pt pays $2,000 (deductibles […]
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what happens to the quality of patient care as private equity companies buy up companies that are providing health care? Here is a blog post that I made a few days ago about a large group of people that are finding difficulty in getting insurance to cover needed therapy. Imagine a disease so prevalent 40% […]
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25 hospital closures in 2024 https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/5-hospital-closures-in-2024.html Many hospitals and emergency departments have been forced to close in 2024 due to circumstances like high costs and shifts in care needs. Becker’s has reported on 25 hospital and emergency department closures in 2024: Editor’s note: This article was updated Dec. 27 at 3:06 p.m. CT. 1. ShorePoint Health […]
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Here is the “guidelines” for Ohio and prescribing opioids for Non-Terminal Pain. I did a “word search” for PHARMACOGENOMICS TESTING and it did not appear once in these guidelines. So these guidelines appears to be created by one or more people who is still functioning with a 20th century medical mind set/education. Just take a […]
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CMS Moved to Expand Drug Coverage. Private Insurers Need to Step Up https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/113572 In July 2024, Joseph Zucchi, PA-C, MPAS, wrote about how stigma and misconceptions were creating barriers to GLP-1 obesity medication uptake, on top of systemic barriers like high costs and inadequate insurance coverage. As part of our review of the past year’s […]
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Back in the day, when I was in pharmacy school we were taught that we were an IMPORTANT PART OF THE SYSTEM. We were to make sure that the pt was not allergic to a new medication(s), the new medication(s) could cause some serious drug […]
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I am writing this on Saturday night @ 6PM (EST) UPDATE Sunday 6:50 PM (EST): Our outside cameras around our house, it looks like it just started raining and the ambient temp is 26F. Educated guess is that it is FREEZING RAIN. To point, we still have electricity from Duke Energy. They are forecasting a […]
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UPDATE –This Pt posted a updated last night that SHE IS OK! State Attorney Generals have sued the 3 major drug wholesalers and major chain pharmacies and getting them to agree to pay millions/billions in fines because – according the DOJ/DEA – they were accused of contributing to our fabricated Rx opioid/opiates crisis. They also […]
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Worse Outcomes After Esophagectomy at Private Equity-Owned Hospitals Structural elements of private equity ownership linked to higher mortality, complication rates https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/113623 Esophagectomy outcomes trended in the wrong direction at hospitals owned by private-equity companies, a review of more than 9,000 cases showed. Statistically significant differences existed for 30-day mortality, any complication, serious complications, and failure […]
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