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Cigna owns the PBM Express Scripts – according to this article https://www.drugchannels.net/2022/04/the-top-pharmacy-benefit-managers-of.html Express Script is the SECOND LARGEST PBM, HOWEVER, recent announced merger between Humana & United Health, suggests that merger will push Express Script down to THIRD PLACE. One of the basics of the practice of medicine is starting, changing, stopping a pt’s therapy. […]
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Patient harmed, 1,800 doses of controlled drugs lost at CVS pharmacy, regulator says https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/07/24/patient-harmed-1800-doses-of-controlled-drugs-lost-at-cvs-pharmacy-regulator-says/ Pharmacy giant CVS continues to call them “isolated incidents” even after reports emerged earlier this month that the Ohio Board of Pharmacy found hundreds of problems that could endanger patients at eight of the company’s understaffed pharmacies. Then on Thursday, the […]
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Just one more attack on the chronic pain community to separate them from their necessary medications. Investors Pressure Firms on Opioid Crisis Five types of opioid-related shareholder resolutions are currently on ballots. https://www.morningstar.com/sustainable-investing/investors-pressure-firms-opioid-crisis As the opioid crisis continues to rage in the United States, publicly traded companies that manufacture, market, or sell the prescription drugs […]
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https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/xVWlsc4Lk2pmULPIyri9PWdcNuUiCOpJ/ The story Ligation Funding Burford Capital starts at abt TWO MINUTES. There is no mention of them funding class action lawsuits. HOWEVER, if one of the major wholesalers or major chain pharmacies are taken to court and the chronic pain pt and/or community prevails. That would suggest that a lot of other class action […]
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This is the second night in a row that this FOX channel in Louisville, KY has done a report of pts in the Louisville, KY market is dealing with failed pain management https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/pharmacists-said-they-arent-accepting-new-prescriptions-for-oxycodone/ In Louisville,KY there is FOUR MAJOR HOSPITALS in the downtown area within adjacent blocks of one another and there is a Major […]
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This is from the Fox channel in Louisville,KY. Louisville is the largest city in the state of KY and and covers some 8-12 counties in Southern Indiana. I have reached out to the new desk at WDRB and the person I talked to was going to pass my name and phone to the reporter. Click […]
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Revolving Door: DEA’s No.2 quits amid reports of previous consulting work for Big Pharma https://apnews.com/article/opioids-oxycontin-fentanyl-purdue-pharma-dea-72726613cd30be246905fe1f171c2ed8 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he once consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for […]
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This could prove to be interesting. It has been reported that the PBM industry will extract a discount/rebate/kickback of up to 75% of AWP (Average Wholesale Price) to put a pharma med on the PBM’s approved formulary – NO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION NEEDED. I suspect that the price that the FEDS are demanding will not change […]
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My, how times have changed at the “Pharmacy America Trusts” ? Walgreen states that they are “invested in your safety and wellness”, but we are refusing to fill the controlled meds that your prescriber has deemed are medically necessary for treating your specific health issues. This IN NO WAY IMPACTS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WALGREENS and […]
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