PHARMACIST STEVE

http://www.oregon.gov/pharmacy/Imports/OBOP-Pharmacy_Working_Conditions_Survey_Results11.13.pdf This is the results of a follow up survey of RPH’s in Oregon that was originally done in 2011… I have perused the data.. and it seems strange that the survey in 2011 was pretty damning to the work environment of your “garden variety” community chain pharmacy. In this survey there seems to be […]

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Ex-Employee Of Local MHMR Center Files Whistleblower Suit http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Ex-Employee-Of-Local-MHMR-Center-Files-Whistleblower-Suit-234516311.html?ref=311 From the article: Michaela Ison, a former employee of Temple’s Central Counties Center MHMR, has filed a whistleblower suit claiming she was fired after complaining that she was ordered to dispense drugs without the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. I smell a settlement here… seeking damages […]

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This showed up in my inbox… Dear Steve, I find myself thinking today, “What would Pharmacist Steve do?”  I am a veteran hospital pharmacist with over 20 years in my present position.  I am not a problem employee.  I have always had excellent performance reviews and even a few commendations in my employee file.  I […]

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CVS Caremark to buy Coram for $2.1 billion http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cvs-caremark-buy-coram-2-143453305.html Just wait until CVS/Caremark uses their “efficiency formula” on the home IV business… There is more profits in “high risk non-sterile to sterile compounding”  Remember the NECC fiasco ? Luckily a lot of this business is private pay and Medicare Part B.. and CVS/Caremark doesn’t administer […]

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CVS Caremark to Pay $4.25 Million in Medicaid-Claim Settlement, DOJ Says http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20131202-710676.html?dsk=y from the article: CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS) will pay $4.25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly did not reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs that were paid on behalf of beneficiaries, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. AND OF COURSE … The […]

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