The Life Legal Defense Foundation wants you to suffer until your last breath ?

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Lawsuit claims California’s End of Life Option Act is unconstitutional http://mainenewsonline.com/content/29095-lawsuit-claims-california-s-end-life-option-act-unconstitutional Lately, California has come up with a law that will allow terminally ill patients to use End of Life Option Act. Under the law that went into effect on Thursday, doctors would be able to prescribe pills that will fasten deaths of terminally ill […]

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Be careful with your medication copays…

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

“Aetna Coventry [Medicare] Advantage plan telling us to charge a $100 copay on generic Ambien, which we could sell to the customer for $15. Also, telling us to charge $100 for generic opioid pain medicine when [the patient] could buy it in cash for $50-$70.” “For the month of May in my pharmacy there were […]

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Naloxone’s price has risen as much as 17-fold in the past two years.

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Sen. McCaskill Wants Answers From Makers Of Opiate Overdose Antidote http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/sen-mccaskill-wants-answers-from-makers-of-opiate-overdose-antidote SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., wants answers from five pharmaceutical companies that make the opiate overdose reversal drug known as Narcan.    Prices of some versions of the drug have risen as much as 17-fold in the past two years.    […]

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Someone appears to be at the end of their rope

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

          Someone appears to be at the end of their rope My mother is 57 years old and not computer savy. So I’m writing you to ask your option to what to do after what happened today at the walgreens pharmacy we’ve used for 3 years now. My mom is on […]

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The DEA is Trying to Get Open Access to Your Medical Records

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

The DEA is Trying to Get Open Access to Your Medical Records massappeal.com/the-dea-is-trying-to-get-open-access-to-americans-medical-records/ The DEA has been fighting legal battles for years in order to get access to private medical records without requiring a warrant. To support a case against five Oregon individuals, the DEA subpoenaed the state’s Prescription Drug Monitor Program (PDMP) to provide […]

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When a prescriber won’t bill Medicare

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Many pts have stated that they can only find a physician that will provide services on a CASH BASIS. For a physician to accept assignment or is a Medicare participating provider means that the physician will bill Medicare and Medicare will pay the physician directly and if the pt has a supplemental insurance … they […]

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