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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/384601-senate-health-panel-approves-opioid-bill The Senate Health Committee unanimously voted Tuesday to send the panel’s bipartisan opioid bill to the chamber’s floor. The panel held seven hearings on the opioid crisis, including one on the discussion draft of the bill introduced by Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and ranking member Patty Murray (D-Wash.). Lawmakers touted the bipartisan […]
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www.statnews.com/2017/02/24/opioids-prescribing-limits-pain-patients/ Amid a rising toll of opioid overdoses, recommendations discouraging their use to treat pain seem to make sense. Yet the devil is in the details: how recommendations play out in real life can harm the very patients they purport to protect. A new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to enforce […]
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https://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(18)30491-2/fulltext Pharmacists face murky legal territory over concept of unresolvable ‘red flags’ DEA uses the phrase “red flag” without clearly defining its meaning and without explaining exactly what pharmacists should do when a red flag is raised. The phrase does not appear in the Controlled Substances Act or in DEA regulations. It is informal advice […]
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US puts Canada on IP priority watch list https://gulfnews.com/business/economy/us-puts-canada-on-ip-priority-watch-list-1.2213130 Washington: The Trump administration on Friday labelled 36 countries as inadequately protecting US intellectual property rights, keeping China on a priority watch list and adding Canada over concerns about its border controls and pharmaceutical practices. The US Trade Representative’s annual report on global IP concerns is […]
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In Memory Of Jennifer E. Adams age 41 of Helena December 20, 1976 – April 25, 2018 Every DEATH starts with “DEA”
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Blue Cross Warns Patients They May Be On Hook For Their ER Visit https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Blue-Cross-Warns-Patients-They-May-Be-On-Hook-For-Their-ER-Visit-481000741.html Thousands of Texans may want to think twice about their next trip to the emergency room. The largest health insurer in the state, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, will notify some policy holders they’ll be responsible for paying the entire […]
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Walmart May Need Humana Patients To Fill Emptying Retail Space https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/04/27/walmart-may-need-humana-patients-to-fill-emptying-retail-space/#c414b92c6d34 As online shopping continues to eat away at traditional brick and mortar retailers, Walmart may need Humana health plan enrollees to fill its store with patients in need of healthcare services. That’s a theory floated in a report from Credit Suisse’s A.J. Rice and […]
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http://www.timesnews.net/Law-Enforcement/2018/04/27/Kingsport-Pharmacist-pays-100-000-in-civil-penalties GREENEVILLE — A Kingsport pharmacist has agreed to pay $100,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act. According to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office, P&S Pharmacy and its owner, Lowell Grizzle, have agreed to pay the United States a $100,000 settlement regarding multiple record-keeping violations. […]
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