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This path of logic may only apply to Medicare Part D…. but may also apply to Medicaid and PBM’s. When I had my own pharmacy we were the largest HME provider in two countries.. being so.. we had to understand the billing rules under Medicare Part B When you are a Medicare Part B provider […]

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‘We’re hoping this sends a message’: Alleged heroin dealer charged in woman’s overdose death in Swatara Twp. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/05/harrisburg_man_charged_with_he.html From article: Jeff Sherrick said his daughter had been injured on the job and slowly built up a dependency on prescription painkillers and other drugs over the course of about two years. When her doctors stopped prescribing her […]

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Indiana Board of Pharmacy Bans Four Compounds Used in Synthetic Drugs Indiana Board https://www.nabp.net/news/indiana-board-of-pharmacy-bans-four-compounds-used-in-synthetic-drugsof Pharmacy Bans Four Compounds Used in Synthetic Drugs From the article: Under a 2012 state law, the Board has authority to ban such compounds through emergency rulemaking until the General Assembly can reconvene, indicates the Post-Tribune. According to the Post-Tribune, this […]

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I read a post on Counsel Me blog http://franticpharmacist.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-new-phase.html It was about dealing with a aging parent(s) at a distance I have a feeling I’ll be getting more insights over the next few months, but you know what? I think it will make me better at my job, and that’s a good thing. It is […]

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When physicians get sued, patients pay http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/06/06/chronic-pain-lawsuits/10048759/ From the article: Recently, a pain physician in Des Moines was accused of involuntary manslaughter and nine counts of criminal wrongdoing. The physician, Daniel Baldi, D.O., thankfully was cleared of any wrongdoing by the judge and jury. Far from proving the prosecution’s assertion that reckless prescribing led inevitably […]

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Man in Queens receiving private patient information from CVS http://7online.com/95833/ Recently I posted about a article that stated that patients can’t really sue about a HIPAA violation  https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=5844 From the article: An Eyewitness News exclusive as private patient information, intended for a doctor, mistakenly faxed by a nationwide pharmacy chain to a man in Queens. […]

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This showed up in a face book post today: Walgreens today refused to fill my Tramadol which I’ve been taking for years and years, turned me into some “DEA crminal Database”, and called my doctor and threatened to turn him in for over prescribing pain meds if he didn’t cancel my prescriptions which he did. […]

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AARP claims that they represent those 50+… I could not find exact numbers that would be.. but figure that the last baby boomer is turning 50 this year..  that has got to be in the 60 + million and you can estimate that at least 1/3 or chronic pain pts. I have done numerous searches […]

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Pharmacist Factory: The business case for new pharmacy schools and how it impacts pharmacy jobs. http://www.thehonestapothecary.com/2014/06/02/pharmacist-factory-a-guest-post-by-joey-mattingly-pharmd-mba/ Interesting post on www.thehonestapothecary.com from the article: So what is the incentive for reducing class size or even closing a school in a state with an oversupply of pharmacist?  None.  Why would a business willingly reduce revenue that is […]

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This showed up the other day and I found it pretty humorous … A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said, ‘Jesus knows you’re here.’ He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze. When he […]

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