PHARMACIST STEVE

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20121019,0,1491028.column?page=1 U.S. investigating CVS prescription refills From the article: “Company spokesman Mike DeAngelis said the drugstore chain uses so-called performance metrics to improve operations, not to determine employees’ compensation. “These metrics are among the numerous factors used to measure the effectiveness of our pharmacy services, and it would be inaccurate to describe them as quotas […]

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http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019472856_apusmeningitisoutbreakmedicare.html APNewsBreak: Questions for Medicare in outbreak If what has been alleged .. that NECC .. and other similar compounding pharmacies who are producing quantities/batches that could be consider manufacturing… have been exceeding their pharmacy permit as issued by particular states… is the products they sold… produced ILLEGALLY and any Medicare/Medicaid/Insurance monies paid for these […]

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http://cleveland.legalexaminer.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/necc-news-another-person-dead-more-fungal-meningitis-lawsuits-filed-and-fungus-found-in-50-vials.aspx?googleid=305074 NECC News: Another Person Dead, More Fungal Meningitis Lawsuits Filed, and Fungus Found in 50 Vials Per the article: “the FDA has known that NECC was mass-producing drugs since at least December 2006” It was also during this same year that a division – based in the mid-west – of a large public HME […]

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http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASA/35406?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=WC&xid=NL_DHE_2012-10-19&eun=g578717d0r&userid=578717&email=steve@steveariens.com&mu_id=5705800 Drug Shortages Spark Use of Compounders Are the bureaucrats blaming others when they may be at the root of the problem.. It was Congress back in the 70’s that established MAC ( Maximum Allowable Costs) for Medicaid and generics… They are also the ones who mandated REBATES from the brand name medications for Medicaid […]

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Phil Mypockets has such a active life.. interfering with millions of  prescription transactions daily !

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