Judge rules that HIPAA doesn’t apply to DEA PMP searches ?

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

US Does Not Need Warrant to Subpoena Oregon Drug Data https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2017-06-26/feds-dont-need-warrant-to-subpoena-oregon-drug-data PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency does not need a court order to subpoena a prescription drug database kept by the state of Oregon, but the ruling did not specify whether […]

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Often to get the justice you are entitled to… requires a law firm

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

There are dozens of laws on the books that is suppose to protect segments of our population against discrimination regarding several different issues. We have both the Civil Rights Act 1964 and The Americans with Disability Act 1990 and yet various Fed/State Agencies pass rules, laws, regulations, guidelines that discriminate against portion of our populations that […]

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Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans 2001 – 2014 https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/2016suicidedatareport.pdf  

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Social Impact of Pain group announces that WHO will now classify chronic pain as a disease entity under the new edition of The ICD 11.

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Social Impact of Pain group announces that WHO will now classify chronic pain as a disease entity under the new edition of The ICD 11. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-impact-pain-group-announces-who-now-classify-chronic-mangino SOCIETAL IMPACT OF PAIN: The conviction of Doctor Mangino was obtained by convincing jurors that prescribing opioids for chronic pain was to be done only according to The World […]

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