Posted on October 13, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Nurses Outraged by Blame Game http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Ebola/48067?isalert=1&uun=g578717d2341R5705800u&utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&xid=NL_breakingnews_2014-10-13 “They threw the nurses under the bus. And when they admitted that it was not the nurses’ fault, there was no apology.” That assessment of the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital’s handling of the Thomas E. Duncan case comes from a nurse who supervises the emergency department at another community […]
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Posted on October 13, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Will ‘Son of Sovaldi’ Cause State Medicaid Programs to Erect High Hurdles? http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2014/10/13/will-son-of-sovaldi-cause-state-medicaid-programs-to-erect-high-hurdles/ What did the report find? Many state Medicaid programs have been moving to restrict access to Sovaldi. Right now, prior authorization, a process in which a payer will first review the prescription before automatically covering the cost, is required by 35 states […]
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Posted on October 13, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Deputies search for gunman in Orange County CVS robbery http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/deputies-search-gunman-orange-county-cvs-robbery/nhhTx/ Some shoppers said they are not shocked. “It’s pretty much an everyday thing over here,” said shopper Shema Singletary. I don’t do too much shopping up here at night. The area is kind of rough.”
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Posted on October 13, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Morrisey had lobbying ties to drug distributor he’s now investigating http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141013/GZ01/141019896/1419#sthash.NVJRe2xY.dpuf From the article: On Aug. 20, lawyers with the state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety asked Morrisey’s permission to sue McKesson – along with 12 other prescription drug distributors previously named in a lawsuit filed in Boone County by former attorney general […]
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No Charges for Cops Who Disfigured Toddler with Grenade During Negligent Drug Raid http://thefreethoughtproject.com/charges-cops-disfigured-toddler-grenade-negligent-drug-raid/ From the article: During the raid one of the uniformed men, tasked with caging people for possession of substances the state deems illegal, threw a stun grenade into the crib of 19 month old Baby Bou. The raid was then justified […]
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Posted on October 12, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
An employee diverts 20,000 units of opiates … doesn’t say how the diversion was made … unless it was calling in Rxs to pharmacies while working at the office.. As insurance companies/Medicare/Medicaid keeps reducing payment for services.. the more ancillary staff that is needed to get the job done.. Prescribers are mostly in exam rooms […]
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Posted on October 12, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Holy Cow!! Look At What the Alabama Board of Pharmacy is Seeing During its Inspections of Compounding Pharmacies! Posted: 11 Oct 2014 10:19 PM PDT DR. ALVERSON: For 797, I’d say 5 it’s — it’s still all over the board of what we 6 see. We’ve gone into some places that are 7 almost virtually […]
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Posted on October 12, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
This showed up in a post on the internet… by a chronic pain pt in Florida. In my last post I told of being abruptly shut out of Walgreens for my Oxy meds, without any explanation and after being a loyal customer for 16 years. I called the pharmacy manager, at the Walgreens I used […]
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Posted on October 12, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
County pharmacists have licenses suspended and are ordered to sell their businesses http://www.journal-eureka.com/news/jones_county/article_a0ceab20-4f03-11e4-9435-001a4bcf6878.html From the article: Father and son pharmacists Phillip Tuetken and Christopher Tuetken each had their licenses to practice pharmacy suspended by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy one day apart for seemingly unrelated infractions. Christopher Tuetken owns several drug stores in […]
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Posted on October 11, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Sebastopol and West County Boycott of CVS http://www.waccobb.net/forums/showthread.php?107957-Sebastopol-and-West-County-Boycott-of-CVS&p=184088 From the article: In solidarity with them, I cast my NO vote last night with Councilmember Eder. It is essential that we, as people, stand up to the bullying of massive corporations in every way that we are able, even if it is a protest vote. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2949536-181/sebastopol-council-signs-off-on#page=1 […]
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