CVS buys Omnicare for $12.7B to expand senior care business CVS buys Target pharm biz for $1.9B
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Local Pharmacist working on personal opinions and not facts… gets shot down ?
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Examiner: no action recommended against Helena physician for pain pill prescriptions http://www.kxlh.com/story/29326510/examiner-no-action-recommended-against-helena-physician-for-pain-pill-prescriptions HELENA – Nearly two years after the Montana Board of Medical Examiners first brought the action, a state hearing examiner says the board “did not meet its burden of proof” that longtime Helena doctor Mark Ibsen over-prescribed pain medication to nine patients. Ibsen, […]
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State courts applies Federal rules.. what Constitution and states’ rights ?
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
FILE – In this April 25, 2013, file photo, attorney Michael Evans, left, listens in his office in Denver, as his client Brandon Coats talks about the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that upheld Coats being fired from his job after testing positive for the use of medical marijuana Pot may be legal in Colorado, […]
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CATCH-22 … FDA & DEA mandates… Part D won’t pay for ?
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Report: Medicare Part D plans less apt to cover opioids with abuse deterrents https://drugstorenewsce.com/editorial-news-item/3/6090 Despite high-profile efforts to implement abuse-deterrent labels and properties on brand-name opioids, advisory company Avalere Health’s latest research notes a key blind spot in the efforts — accessibility. In particular, the research shows that Medicare Part D plans cover generic opioids […]
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Audio files from FL BOP committee meeting on pain meds
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
(1)Introductions (2)Discussion (3)Issues Identified http://ww10.doh.state.fl.us/pub/bop/Audio/Controlled_Substance_Standards_Committee_06092015/Controlled%20Committee/ Because Lois Lerner of the IRS lost emails and Hillary Clinton lost emails and Richard Nixon had sections “go blank” on the oval office recording system. I copied these files down to my computer… for safe keeping 🙂 If you listen to the introduction by the committee chair.. this committee […]
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Taking away a person’s driver’s license because they see a particular prescriber ?
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Taking away a person’s driver’s license because they see a particular prescriber ?
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When you need to look for a reason to JUST SAY NO.. you will find it ?
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
It would appear that the state’s PMP ( Prescription Monitoring Program) has been down – not working – for one or more days and this prescriber is talking to a local pharmacist about a pt’s Rx and getting it filled for a controlled substance. In this particular state the data in the PMP can be […]
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