Phil Mypockets has such a active life.. interfering with millions of prescription transactions daily !
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Some of the dirty little “compounding” secrets are coming out – money is involved
Posted on October 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/238670/2/Meningitis-outbreak-Fungus-could-affect-eye-heart-patients From the article: Cutting costs Compounding laboratories convert Avastin — one of the drugs suspected in infections — into single-dose eye injections as a cost-saving measure. It is a close chemical cousin to Lucentis, the drug approved by the FDA for macular degeneration. Lucentis costs about $2,000 for a single-dose vial. Avastin costs about […]
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Peanut butter and crackers
Posted on October 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
I have always had a love of peanut butter and crackers… when I make my own peanut butter and crackers there is no doubt that there is ample peanut butter between the crackers… yet when I buy some commercially made product.. you have to pull the crackers apart to make sure that there is some […]
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How stupid is this ?
Posted on October 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
http://www.wbng.com/news/state/Schneiderman-Announces-Settlement-With-Walgreens-for-Sticking-NYS-Empire-Plan-Members-With-Flu-Shot-Bills-174232371.html The state’s AG office suing Walgreens for giving flu shots and they knew or should have known that this insurer only paid flu vaccinations from a physician’s office. Does this mean that …if the shots had been given by the ARNP in Walgreen’s TAKE CARE CLINIC .. they would have been covered? Per the […]
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www.pissedconsumer.com 10-16-12 from RPH that is leaving CVS
Posted on October 17, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
CVS- Danger at the Drugstore http://cvs-pharmacy.pissedconsumer.com/cvs-danger-at-the-drugstore-20121016351973.html As a longtime pharmacist for the company I have some great insight for the many consumers who have rightfully complained about CVS. In the past 5 years CVS has undergone significant change in management practices. With budget cuts and an ever increasing workload (yes we are forced to meet […]
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This is too true to be funny….
Posted on October 17, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cvs-pharmacy-20121017,0,5604990.story State probes CVS refill allegations California pharmacy regulators have opened an investigation into reports that CVS Caremark Corp. refilled prescriptions and billed insurance companies without patients’ consent. From the article: “CVS policy requires that a patient’s consent “be obtained before a prescription is filled,” said Michael DeAngelis, a spokesman for the Woonsocket, R.I., company. […]
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Forget the 47% !
Posted on October 17, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
In talking to some CVS Pharmacists… when they have their annual job review… some have stated that the magic number is FIFTY PER-CENT… if your Rx dept doesn’t have at least 50% of your refills as auto fills… your job performance rating takes a DING ! Even the best of patients is not going to […]
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78 internet searches and counting
Posted on October 16, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
As of writing this post 16:30 EDT.. my blog has had 78 internet searches that have pointed to my blog.. the vast majority 80%-90% have some common words like “NECC” … “AMERIDOSE”… a lot of people are searching if these entities made any flu shots, what drugs they made, what places bought from them. One […]
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Who’s on first… what is on second…
Posted on October 15, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
I got this the other day from the DEA via the KY BOP PRESCRIPTION FOR A SCHEDULE II If a pharmacist receives a prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance and a third party provider will only pay for a partial quantity of the amount prescribed there is only one option: if your computer software […]
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When you think things are bad.. they just get worse
Posted on October 15, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve
Here is a article from MedPages Today: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/35326?utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news From the article: Two other drugs made by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) appear to be involved in the fatal meningitis outbreak that has now claimed the lives of 15 people in as many states, the FDA announced Monday. The FDA said today it is investigating […]
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