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$1.44M HIPAA award upheld after Walgreen pharmacist shared patient data https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=4087 The Indiana Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a $1.4 million verdict against Walgreen Co. and one of its pharmacists who shared confidential medical information about a client that had once dated her husband. The order is the first published appellate court decision in […]

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Staffing at WAGS starting in 2015 ? Did anyone watch the Team Member town hall on Friday, Nov. 7? The mentioned the big changes that are happening on 2015 but “we’ll tell you the specifics when we’re able to”. The also mentioned multiple times that we have “to execute better” and we need to “significantly […]

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Sarah Markham, vegan mom: Fla. mother regains custody after giving son soy formula SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – (WFTV/CNN) A Florida mother and her 5-month-old son were reunited Wednesday after a judge threw out accusations that she was an unfit mother for feeding her baby soy formula

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http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/11/13/12news-drug-vending-machine-asu/18967373/

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Someone just told me that they had to pay $100 “interview fee” at a pharmacy to be accepted as a patient. WTF?  have you heard of anything like this yet? here is what i was told the “policy” is: it was a fee for pharmacist to review your records and tests etc doctors have done […]

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They decided to pick on the wrong person this time.. I called Silver Scripts/Caremark/CVS Health to get a vacation over-ride for one of my wife’s Rxs..  FIVE DAYS early for a non-control Rx that she has been on for years and for chronic condition. I hate calling Silver Scripts.. because you have to go thru […]

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/generic-drug-prices-skyrocketing/ http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/drug-costs-at-record-high/ Why some generic drug prices are skyrocketing When you keep pushing manufacturers to keep lowering the cost of their product… they will consolidate… to try to drive prices down… until they realize that they have a monopoly or near monopoly position in the market place.. and good old capitalism kicks in… Charge whatever […]

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