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Video shows man coming back to life after overdosing at a CVS http://www.khou.com/news/nation-now/video-shows-man-coming-back-to-life-after-overdosing-at-a-cvs/498512524   DETROIT — Mark Harris had stopped at a CVS store in Detroit last month to pick up some medicine when he spotted an unusual sight. A young man was fading in and out of consciousness in an aisle, before collapsing to […]

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                      https://newsstand.google.com/articles/CAIiEP1D-zfiGaG5bgECPfPfjYMqFQgEKg0IACoGCAowof8GMMBfMLTNAg New pill capsules that send a message to a smartphone as they move through the GI tract have emerged as a way to track whether patients are taking their medicine as prescribed. The problem of nonadherence to medication instructions causes about 125,000 deaths […]

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http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2017/12/11/will-cvs-aetna-merger-lead-to-separate-but-unequal-healthcare/ Last week, pharmacy giant CVS agreed to purchase Aetna this week for an astounding $69 billion dollar sum. The company allegedly plans to reduce health spending by developing an integrated system touted as “a new front door for health care in America.” This merger is actually an acquisition, entailing transfer of ownership. The central […]

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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article188636384.html The brazen afternoon robbery of a Citrus Heights Rite Aid resulting in the death of an 87-year-old woman brought attention to a growing problem: the rising rate of pharmacy thefts. In the northeast Sacramento County suburb alone, the number of pharmacy robberies is up to eight in 2017 from two in 2016. Over the […]

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https://slate.com/business/2017/12/the-arguments-for-and-against-the-cvs-aetna-merger.html Big corporate mergers in the health care industry tend to work out poorly for customers. When hospitals combine, they raise prices. When insurers get together, premiums can leap. But when pharmacy giant CVS announced last week that it planned to buy Aetna, the nation’s third largest insurer, in a deal worth $69 billion, some […]

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Girl has blunt message for insurance company after brain surgery request denied http://wgntv.com/2017/12/11/girl-has-blunt-message-for-aetna-after-her-brain-surgery-request-was-denied/ Cara Pressman sobbed in the big red chair in her living room. The 15-year-old tried to absorb the devastating news relayed by her parents: that their insurance company, Aetna, denied her for a minimally invasive brain surgery that could end the seizures that […]

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http://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(17)31791-7/fulltext Pharmacy errors can occur in many different ways. A recent case from Missouri reviewed several key sources of pharmacy error and eventually restored an aggravating damages claim in a pharmacy error case. Background According to the court, a patient was discharged from a hospital, and a nurse phoned prescriptions to the patient’s pharmacy. The […]

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http://time.com/4952176/cvs-pharmacy-opioid-epidemic/ With the 64,000 deaths from opioid overdoses last year alone, the medical community is struggling to contain the out-of-control opioid epidemic. Now, CVS, one the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers that oversees prescription drug benefits for 90 million people through its CVS Caremark plan, is attempting to address opioid abuse by no longer reimbursing […]

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www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/12/8/12-myths-about-opioid-pain-medication Myth #1: Above 100mg of morphine equivalence, opioid pain medications are ineffective. NONSENSE! They have no ceiling in most patients and may remain effective at dosages in the thousands. Myth #2: All pain patients who take over 100mg of morphine equivalence are diverting or selling part of their prescription allotment. NONSENSE! Most patients who […]

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42 U.S. Code § 1395 – Prohibition against any Federal interference https://www.law.cornell.edu/us code/text/42/1395?qt-us_code_ temp_noupdates=3#qt-us_code_ temp_noupdates Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of medicine or the manner in which medical services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or […]

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