Pharmacies “price gouging” pts and insurance companies committing fraud ?

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

WESH 2 investigates prescription pill pricing Local patients complain of expensive medication What is being missed here.. is if the pt has insurance.. and the pharmacy is listed on the insurance company’s website as part of their participating pharmacy network.. then they are contractually obligated to fill/bill and accept the insurance company’s allowable amount for […]

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The pair blame the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent Lee Lucas and others for what they characterized as a bogus arrest.

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Appeals court revives lawsuits filed against DEA agent in corrupted Mansfield drug investigation http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2015/06/appeals_court_revives_lawsuits.html CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal appeals court has revived a pair of civil-rights lawsuits filed by two men who were framed in a Mansfield drug investigation marred by a lying confidential informant and a federal agent believed to have known about […]

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DEA administrative subpoenas could not be used to get information from the state-operated PDMP because doing so would violate the Fourth Amendment

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Does the DEA Need a Warrant to Get PDMP Database Information? http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2015/june2015/does-the-dea-need-a-warrant-to-get-pdmp-database-information#sthash.1ApcFy3u.dpuf ISSUE OF THE CASE Can the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) use an “administrative subpoena” to obtain information from a database of transactions maintained by a state government of prescriptions of controlled substances, or is the expectation of privacy of such information so […]

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But only 7% of them get treatment for both conditions, with a staggering 56% receiving no treatment at all,

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Mother who lost mentally ill addicted son: The system is ‘broken’ http://gantdaily.com/2015/06/17/mother-who-lost-mentally-ill-addicted-son-the-system-is-broken/ Barbara Theodosiou anxiously awaited each text and call. Still, her stomach turned every time her phone would ring or vibrate. Every time there was a knock at the door. Sometimes, she would even turn her phone off at night — the fear of […]

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Access to mental health services like therapy and drugs is even more limited than other types of medical care.

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Mental illness is an affliction, not a crime. Police must stop killing suffering citizens http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/16/mental-illness-police-killing-training?CMP=ema_565 The life of a man with schizophrenia, 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, ended after he was struck by 14 bullets from a Milwaukee police officer’s handgun on 30 April 2014. The lethal confrontation sparked a firestorm in my city, resulting in several […]

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DEA to Allow Huge Increase in Marijuana Production to Meet Research Demands

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA to Allow Huge Increase in Marijuana Production to Meet Research Demands http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2015/06/16/22702/DEA-to-Allow-Huge-Increase-in-Marijuana-Production-to-Meet-Research-Demands/ The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has proposed a massive increase in the amount of marijuana it will allow to be produced this year in the hopes of meeting the demand of researchers studying new medicinal uses for the drug, it has […]

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CVS playing the 21st century version of PACMAN ?

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

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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