1 in 3 doctors say prior authorization has led to a serious adverse event

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/1-3-doctors-say-prior-authorization-has-led-serious-adverse It just keeps getting worse. That’s a major finding of an AMA survey of 1,000 practicing physicians who were asked about the impact prior authorization (PA) is having on their ability to help their patients.  More than nine in 10 respondents said PA had a significant or somewhat negative clinical impact, with 28 percent reporting that prior authorization had led to a serious […]

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From: A terrified, exhausted CVS pharmacist

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Thank you Anonymous. Everyone out there please share this. Paste it to your page, news outlets, change the State and send it to your board of pharmacy, etc. Maybe someone will listen. Dear Members of the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy, I am writing to beg for you to act in the interests of the […]

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Attempting to control supply …will not change DEMAND and sometimes have significant unintended consequences

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Abuse-Deterrent OxyContin Tied to Spike in Hepatitis C https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/908645 The introduction of abuse-deterrent OxyContin in 2010 may have played a key role in the rapid increase in hepatitis C infections because some drug abusers switched from the prescription opioid to injectable heroin, new research suggests While hepatitis C infection rates increased broadly across the United […]

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‘Extreme’ Opioid Use And Doctor Shopping Still Plague Medicare

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

‘Extreme’ Opioid Use And Doctor Shopping Still Plague Medicare http://www.wnpr.org/post/extreme-opioid-use-and-doctor-shopping-still-plague-medicare In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills of oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine in a single month last year – written by just one of the 42 health providers who prescribed the person such drugs. In Illinois, a different Medicare enrollee received […]

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