While you were sleeping

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://amcp.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=16164 Drug Class Quantity Limits (page 139) CMS’ 2013 call letter indicated that it would develop a submission mechanism for QLs based on cumulative morphine equivalent dose (MED) for the opioid class of agents. CMS has indicated that in 2014 the health plan management system (HPMS) submission file record will accept cumulative MED QLs for […]

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The “MAGIC WORD” is REPORTEDLY – stay tuned

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Walgreen Co. Reportedly Staying Put http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Walgreen-Co-Reportedly-Staying-Put-270083191.html?fullSite=y&_osource=SocialFlowFB_CHBrand When I had my pharmacy, in my small town Walgreens had a store in the downtown area for years…  The only Walgreens in the entire county.. this same county today has five stores… three in the city limits alone.  They started building a new store across from the county […]

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Is it what you have or who you are that counts ?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Top infectious disease specialist says Ebola vaccine not far away http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/04/top-infectious-disease-specialist-says-ebola-vaccine-not-far-away/ From the article: The nation’s top infectious disease official says there’s hope that a vaccine against Ebola will be available as early as next July. Dr. Anthony Fauci (FOW’-chee) of the National Institutes of Health says such a preventive vaccine has been successfully tested […]

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