Could there be a “hook” under that financial bait ?

When it comes to Medicare/Medicaid payments… Congress has played “games” for years… for those of us old enough ..we remember Medicare HMO… initially get more money/pt than normal Medicare expenditures/pt… after a few years… Congress started pulling back the money… and/or not giving any increases… the HMO’s responded with reducing patient benefits, increases deductibles and […]

Who are our friends and who are our foes?

I just attended a state pharmacy association annual meeting… one of the presentations was from the three current deans from the three college of pharmacies – one just accepted its first class. One Dean stated that they were suppose to pull back from 130 graduates a year to ~ 100 …BUT… thanks to a large […]