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Supreme Court: Providers Can’t Sue Over Low Medicaid Rates Court suggests providers are ‘incidental beneficiaries’ of Medicaid. Obamacare is basically an extension of Medicaid. According to this Supreme Court ruling.. it would appear that the Federal government does not have to pay healthcare providers enough for particular service(s) that will cover the cost of providing […]

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http://www.wesh.com/news/bills-working-way-through-congress-aim-to-correct-prescription-drug-problem/32184532 Video on website Bills working way through Congress aim to correct prescription drug problem DEA’s former associate chief counsel: Bills would be game-changers ORLANDO, Fla. —The problems WESH 2 News has uncovered with Florida’s prescription drug problem reach far beyond the Sunshine State. Roots of the issues causing many ill patients to be denied […]

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It has been almost 2 weeks – and counting … the news coverage of the airline pilot that committed suicide and took another 149 innocent lives with him as he flew a commercial airliner into the side of a mountain… This sort of  suicide/murder has only happened 3-4 times in the last THREE DECADES. ‘Talking […]

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Marion Man Sentenced for Illegally Handing Out Prescription Drugs Here is a interesting issue.. this Pharmacists “dispensed” FOUR TABLETS OF XANAX 2 MG and prescribing is OUTSIDE OF HIS SCOPE OF PRACTICE…but.. Pharmacists demanding that a pt accept lower doses or few doses per month and/or refusing to fill certain combination of medications – regardless […]

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