Looking for more “deep pockets” ?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement AG-elect Healey weighs targeting drug companies http://wwlp.com/2014/12/30/ag-elect-healey-weighs-targeting-drug-companies/ BOSTON (AP) — Attorney General-elect Maura Healey says she would consider taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies to help rein in prescription drug abuse that can lead to heroin addiction. In an interview with The Associated Press, Healey pointed to a lawsuit brought by Kentucky against Purdue […]

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Off to a shaky start ?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Walgreens cuts ties with two ACOs http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/walgreens-dumps-two-acos-over-costs-poor-benchmarks Just two years after Walgreens launched three partnerships as part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program — offering providers medication management, data and a retail experience for their patients — the chain is ending its partnership with two of them: The Advocare Well Network and the Scott & […]

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Somedays it is hard to tell the crooks from the crooks ?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Salem police officer pleads guilty to bribery charge, admits trading fake legal favors for sex http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/roanoke/salem-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-charge/30257718

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Another “meaningful message” from Uncle Sam ?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

A parody of a Taylor Swift song spreads a meaningful message. Did anyone know that we had a National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.drugabuse.gov/  

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Inside the bureaucratic “mind set ” ?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

State workgroup seeks to curb prescription-drug deaths http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/12/31/state-workgroup-seeks-to-curb-prescription-drug.html California state agencies are combining resources to prevent deaths and injuries from prescription painkiller misuse and overdose — and to alert health care providers, pharmacists and the public to the epidemic. A prescription opioid misuse and overdose prevention workgroup was formed last spring. The goal is to […]

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Guest Post from: Christine Hoffman

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

This is in reference to Dr. Mark Ibsen I hope and pray that you will be able to remain a licensed physician in Montana. You treated my mother in the ER several times, and you did so with wisdom, caring, and compassion. And you were one of the only ones kind enough to listen to […]

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Guest Post by Mark S Ibsen MD

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

We got a refugee problem- right here in the good ol USA. Mike teared up. He said “the thing I love about you Mark is that you’ll see anybody won’t you?” My eyes got wide, and I said “of course-what else would I do”? Mike was referring to the 22 “narcotic refugees” that I began […]

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