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Pharmacies, PBMs, insurers call for opioid prescription policy changes http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20171108/NEWS/171109886 Drug prescribers throughout the country should establish a seven-day supply limit for initial opioid prescriptions, and they should be written electronically to slow the abuse of the addictive painkillers, a group of pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers and health plans wrote in a letter to President […]
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A big payoff: Little-known Medicare lawsuit may bring help to millions http://www.unionleader.com/silver-linings/A-big-payoff-Little-known-Medicare-lawsuit-_may-bring-help-to-millions-11072017 Dick Spero of Salem is an 80-year-old who wears an impish smile on his face, a cross on his chest, and a vest holding a life-saving device that keeps blood pumping through his heart 24 hours a day. The LVAD, an artificial heart […]
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Pharmacists fight back: Age discrimination lawsuits in retail pharmacy http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pharmacists-are-talking-age-discrimination-lawsuits-retail-pharmacy?page=0,0 The other day Drug Topics published an article that asked, “Are CVS’ metrics unfairly eliminating older pharmacists?” That’s what four former CVS pharmacists think.They are now suing the retail giant in U.S. District Court in South Carolina. Drug Topics has received several comments about this […]
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Forfeiture Financial Specialist Supporting the DEA Company Name FSA Company Location Atlanta, GA, US https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/forfeiture-financial-specialist-supporting-the-dea-at-fsa-501090882/ Job description FSA, a rapidly growing professional services company delivering highly qualified personnel in support of the government’s mission, has an anticipated vacancy for a Forfeiture Financial Specialist.A Forfeiture Financial Specialist Executes The Following DutiesMonitors and analyzes the financial operations […]
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Four cities file lawsuit against Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations https://wvrecord.com/stories/511258712-four-cities-file-lawsuit-against-joint-commission-on-accreditation-of-health-care-organizations CHARLESTON – Four West Virginia cities have filed a lawsuit against the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, alleging its misinformation of dangerous pain management standards encouraged the over-prescription of opioids in the state. The JCAHO sets standards and […]
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Lawsuit filed after mom says pharmacist refused to fill daughter’s prescription www.krqe.com/2017/11/02/lawsuit-filed-after-mom-says-pharmacist-refused-to-fill-daughters-prescription/ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A lawsuit has now been filed against Walgreens after an Albuquerque mother says a pharmacist wouldn’t fill her teenage daughter’s prescription. The mother says it happened at the Walgreens pharmacy on Coors and Montano. When the mom tried to […]
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Her pharmacy of 5 yrs no longer will fill her oxycontin script. She is 80 yrs. Old and has been on oxycontin for 5 + yrs. She just can’t quit abruptly and we have been to so many pharmacies and turned away from every one with different reasons such as: “I don’t feel comfortable filling […]
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Fibromyalgia and Lady Gaga: 5 things to know about the condition knowridge.com/2017/11/fibromyalgia-and-lady-gaga-5-things-to-know-about-the-condition/ In a new Netflix documentary, Lady Gaga will publicly share her struggle with fibromyalgia, leaving many fans and viewers asking: What exactly is it? “Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder of the brain that causes widespread pain throughout the body,” says Daniel Clauw, M.D., […]
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James Gill: Putting a star lawman on trial http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/opinion/james_gill/article_6a621a34-be4c-11e7-9c7d-7b848a3b0d02.html If prosecutors fail to convict Chad Scott, it will not be because his alleged misdeeds took them by surprise. The feds received a tip that he was a crook thirteen years ago, although whether that panned out is unknown. What we do know is that Scott’s […]
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“” https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Experts-Urge-Caution-With-Natural-Legal-Drug-Kratom–454685203.html Users and health professionals are debating over the benefits and risks of Kratom, a natural substance, from the leaves of a tree that grows in Thailand. The legal drug can be bought online and in stores. Users say Kratom is a stimulant that in small doses gives them energy and boosts their mood […]
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