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Today I started looking for some CE to do for the year.. Jumped out to the Power-Pak website https://www.powerpak.com/ Tell them what professional you are and subject matter.. I always start with something about pain management.. I always first look at the questions… with this subject matter in particular.. if the questions are rather – […]
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I have always felt that common sense was much more important than book smarts.. I have never claimed to be the brightest bulb in the box.. My academic record would validate that.. in high school.. I was very seldom on the honor roll.. I was on a roll to have a good time.. in college.. […]
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Corresponding_Responsibility_Guidance_Document The above link is a email/pdf that I received from the Indiana Board of Pharmacy today. In Indiana, our opiophobic AG Zoeller, “forced” the Medical licensing Board to put in regulations and limitations on physicians who are treating chronic pain pts. Apparently AG Zoeller is more concerned about the < 5% of the population […]
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Pharmacist must repay Medicaid $1 million http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pharmacist-must-repay-medicaid-1-million From the article: William Burdine, 65, owner of the Alvarado Medical Plaza Pharmacy in San Diego, was also sentenced to eight months of home confinement, 240 hours of community service, five years of probation, and a $10,000 fine. Over the last 5-10 years.. I remember seeing a number […]
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Deadly prescription overdose kills mother http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/deadly-prescription-overdose-kills-mother/25028750 From the article: According to a lawsuit filed Monday, Kailua doctor Jason Florimonte prescribed fentanyl patch to Benedi-Wells for her back pain. The suit alleges Benedi-Wells was prescribed triple what a beginning dosage should be and it claims drug warnings were disregarded. Fried showed a Fentanyl prescription and Benedi-Wells […]
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The HALF-LIFE of good will must be down to abt 4-6 hours.. Being that good little dedicated corporate RPH’s.. well… all that “good will” that you thought that you were “banking”.. Guess what.. that bank was ran by ENRON … everything vanished overnight… and in this incident.. this RPH’s believes that was being fired for […]
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The Pharmacy Alliance ( www.thepharmacyalliance.com) got this email today.. you be the judge.. if you are a student, early in your Pharmacy studies or someone in high school thinking about going to pharmacy school.. BEST ADVICE… turn your educational goals 180 degrees and RUN LIKE HELL ! If you don’t .. your 40 year […]
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None of Your Business, Worker Tells CVS http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/03/17/66188.htm From the article: CVS pharmacy makes employees take a “Wellness Exam,” which includes questions on whether they are sexually active and blood work to see if they are at risk for “a variety of medical conditions,” a woman claims in a class action in state court. Watterson […]
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I got this in the mail today. For those of you who working for CVS.. want to comment on the job environment you are working in.. in comparison to what they are promising in this solicitation letter ? Click on imagine to enlarge
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Pharmacy has been been crying this for years “we need to level the playing field” Let’s admit it.. our health care system is really F-ed up… and pharmacy has probably been screwed with longer than other parts of healthcare.. the PBM’s forced us to invest millions and millions of dollar in computerization.. so that we […]
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