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How much am I bid for all this personal health information ?
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Privacy Concerns Grow as Pharma Uses Data to Target Consumers http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2014/12/10/privacy-concerns-grow-as-pharma-uses-data-to-target-consumers/ The practice is known as a matchback. Data brokers buy prescription records from pharmacy benefit managers and then use algorithms to substitute patient names with numerical codes, Bloomberg writes. Then, they work with websites to transform the data, and drug makers pay the websites […]
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we provide the best care available for the lowest cost ?
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Dropping coverage of popular prescription drugs is sad and shameful http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20141205-column.html From the article: Express Scripts, which handles prescription-drug benefits for millions or people nationwide, is dropping coverage for 66 brand-name drugs next month in an effort to keep costs down. Rival CVS Health is dropping 95 drugs from its own list of covered drugs. […]
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If you see something it can pay to say something ?
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Pharmacist gets $500,000 in Rite Aid whistleblower case http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pharmacist-gets-500000-rite-aid-whistleblower-case?page=full From the article: Rite Aid Corp. recently agreed to pay $2.99 million to settle federal charges it used gift cards to entice Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to transfer their prescriptions to its pharmacies. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, from 2008 to 2010, Rite Aid […]
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Moving from “doc in a box” to “doc in a tube “?
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Walgreens testing mobile app for virtual doctor visits http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walgreens-testing-mobile-app-for-virtual-doctors-visits/ From the article: Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, is testing a new mobile app that lets patients see a doctor and get a prescription without leaving home. The Deerfield, Illinois, company said Monday that patients in California or Michigan can now contact a physician around […]
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Do you think that she is not a big fan of Obamacare ?
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Congresswoman To Gruber: My Husband Died During Obamacare Enrollment Glitches
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No Medicinal Use ?
Posted on December 9, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
We hear more and more that many in our various governmental agencies from local to the Federal level Is that misrepresents the truth, fabricate stories to get to do what they want or just flat out LIES ! Is “reefer madness” defined from a century ago during our prohibitionist period… that “we” are continuing to […]
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Let’s hear it for a larger surplus of Pharmacists
Posted on December 9, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
It estimated that within 4 yrs.. 20% of PharmD graduates will not be able to find a job upon graduation.. Stony Brook University looking to open pharmacy school http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/stony-brook-university-looking-open-pharmacy-school From the article: Months after New York’s governor set aside money for a pharmacy school at Binghamton University, yet another school in the Empire State has […]
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Never can be too careful ?
Posted on December 8, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Ask questions about medications http://www.chroniclejournal.com/editorial/letters/2014-12-08/ask-questions-about-medications From article: Recently, I visited a walk-in clinic for pinched nerves. After informing the doctor of the medications I take on a daily basis, he inadvertently prescribed a drug that was not compatible with my medication. The pharmacist filled the prescription and I was on my way — without asking […]
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More “be well” at Walgreens in Florida ?
Posted on December 8, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Action 9: Customers claim Walgreens refuses to fill legitimate prescriptions http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/action-9-customers-claim-walgreens-refusing-fill-l/njNwQ/ From the article: ORLANDO, Fla. — Several Walgreens customers contacted Action 9, claiming that the pharmacy chain refuses to fill their pain prescriptions. Walgreens has a policy to curb narcotics abuse, but Action 9’s Todd Ulrich found that the company won’t reveal its guidelines, […]
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