when no one follows the rules… pts suffers ?

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Hello Sir,    I don’t know if you remember me, we spoke awhile back about someone whose was having issues getting her pain meds. You helped me navigate things and in the end we got her what she needed. Thank you again for your time with that. Since then I have been doing my best […]

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DOJ Repeats Threat to Hold Opioid Prescribers Accountable

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

DOJ Repeats Threat to Hold Opioid Prescribers Accountable AMA, PharmedOut leaders also pitch solutions at insurers’ policy conference https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/opioids/71661 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice plans to hold providers accountable per a new large-scale effort to tackle the opioid crisis, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reiterated here Wednesday. Addressing the annual policy conference sponsored […]

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Four Ways Pharmacists Are Fighting Opioid Abuse

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/comment/reply/446751#comment-form Greater awareness of the dangers posed by prescription opioids is changing pharmacy practice. Efforts to address the opioid epidemic are as complex as the problem, with involvement ranging from government agencies to state pharmacy boards to addiction specialists to medical professionals. Pharmacists may be the first to suspect opioid abuse and misuse, and many […]

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The other opioid crisis: Hospital shortages lead to patient pain, medical errors

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20180316/The-other-opioid-crisis-Hospital-shortages-lead-to-patient-pain-medical-errors.aspx Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups. The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling […]

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One month she’s supervising state drug program, next month she’s with CVS

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180316/one-month-shes-supervising-state-drug-program-next-month-shes-with-cvs Margaret Scott had responsibility over the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s pharmacy program until she departed last fall. Within a month, she was working for a company that is receiving billions of pharmacy dollars from Ohio’s Medicaid managed care programs. Scott and the contractor, pharmacy giant CVS, aren’t answering questions about what happened. But the […]

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