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Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care https://www.medpagetoday.com/hospitalbasedmedicine/generalhospitalpractice/109518 Pricey membership fees for easier access to doctors becoming more common Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000 or more for easier access to their doctors. It’s a trend that […]

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The War on Drugs Is Also a War on Pain Patients https://www.cato.org/blog/war-drugs-also-war-pain-patients In a March 22 opinion column in the New York Times entitled “The DEA Needs to Stay Out of Medicine,” Vanderbilt University Medical Center associate professor of anesthesiology and pain management Shravani Durbhakula, MD, documents powerfully how patients suffering from severe pain—many of them […]

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Be cautious in signing up for Medicare-c (Advantage) prgms,  These programs are provided by FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANIES. An increasing number of large healthcare corporations are canceling their contracts with Medicare-C programs. Patients in these programs may find themselves having to change primary healthcare providers, hospitals, and other providers that they have a relationship with. […]

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All police states have a modus operandi by which they can be recognized. One of those is the absolute and unreasonable, almost random, destruction of people selected to be an “example” to terrify the population. The most educated physician in American history, Dr. Xiulu Ruan, is still languishing in prison because, while the DEA has […]

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Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash   The Tobacco Money Settlement is running out soon. Just about EVERYONE has their HAND OUT for some of the Opioid Settlement Money. From bureaucraties that had employees who are/were dealing with addiction and wants to recoup the money paid out for treating those employees, to Grandparents raising their […]

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Driving down health care costs: Independent pharmacies, patients and lawmakers take steps to rein in PBMs https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/04/03/pbm-ohio-independent-pharmacy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even as prescription drug costs have skyrocketed in recent years, Hart Pharmacy in Cincinnati is getting less money per prescription, costing the pharmacy tens of thousands of dollars each year. Third-generation pharmacist and owner Sarah Priestly […]

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Could a chronic pain pt, who lives in Minnesota, could they sue for being denied controlled Rxs to treat their pain, because they are disabled? After all, maintaining and optimizing a pt’s QOL is time-sensitive! Court Rules Against Pharmacist Who Refused Emergency Contraception Prescription https://www.medpagetoday.com/pharmacy/pharmacy/10942 Case will be appealed to state Supreme Court or returned […]

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Bill that would allow medical professionals to deny care based on conscience clears hurdle in House https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill-would-allow-medical-professionals-deny-care-based-conscience-clears-hurdle-house House Bill 303, which would allow medical professionals to refuse medical service based on conscience, passed second reading 65-35 in the House on Monday. “I’d like my health care provider to have a conscience,” said Rep. Steve Gunderson, […]

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This test could be a very slippery slope for this company and any practitioner who uses it and its results. Addiction has substantial underlying mental health issues. Mental health issues are all pretty much subjective health issues and can be various subsets of the total mental health spectrum. What happens when a pt shows a […]

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I remember reading a story- many years ago – about a young man who was a brittle type-1 diabetic. He had called his refill into his pharmacy- mid-week- to get refilled and while the Rx had indicated two refills remaining, it was over 1 yr old and the refills had expired. The pharmacist requested for […]

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