Patient Files a Complaint, Now What?

YouTube’s Doctor Mike learns from his mistakes Mikhail Varshavski, DO, (better known on social media as “Doctor Mike”) is a board-certified family medicine physician at the Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey. His YouTube channel educates over 3 million subscribers with two weekly shows covering everything from trending medical stories, to […]

Your rights are at risk. The real opioid Epidemic EXPOSED

A New Documentary – Chronicling the Scary Truth about our Pain Problem

www.nationalpainreport.com/a-new-documentary-chronicling-the-scary-truth-about-our-pain-problem-8838786.html There are no marathon runs for chronic pain, no walks for its cure. Yet chronic pain disables some 25% of the population in developed countries such as Canada and the U.S.A. This is no small disease. In Canada, chronic pain costs the economy an estimated 60 billion annually in treatment, lost wages & productivity; […]

When a chronic pain wife gets her opiates cut off… what is a husband to do ?

Twin Lakes police captain accused of illegally removing prescription medication from department https://fox6now.com/2019/02/18/twin-lakes-police-captain-accused-of-illegally-removing-prescription-medication-from-department/ TWIN LAKES — Captain Dennis Linn, the second in command at the Twin Lakes Police Department, was placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into allegations he illegally removed prescription medication from the department. In 2016, Captain Linn was awarded for 20 years […]

Prosecutor: will “turn on their own” JUST TO GET A WIN ?

Attorneys for ex-DEA agent Chad Scott say prosecutors retaliated against defense witness https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_191e2f6a-354b-11e9-83da-cba26c0974a5.html In a sharply worded new court filing, attorneys for indicted former federal drug agent Chad Scott are accusing federal prosecutors of improperly retaliating against a defense witness. They are asking the judge to dismiss the charges against Scott as a result. The […]

Trump Administration Is No Friend to Pharmacy Benefit Managers Like CVS

Trump Administration Is No Friend to Pharmacy Benefit Managers Like CVS https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/trump-administration-is-no-friend-to-pharmacy-benefit-managers-like-cvs-14872546 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are in for some problems if proposed regulation is given approval. The usually business friendly Trump administration is not as amicably positioned for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) like CVS Health Corp.  (CVS) . Shares of the pharmacy, retail, and […]

The Doctor’s Corner Show #43 “Pharmacist Steve” Ariens

Better to let 95% of surgery pts to suffer in pain during recovery than risk that MAYBE 5% become addicted ?

    Summa Health eliminating opioids from surgeries https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/summa-health-eliminating-opioids-from-surgeries AKRON, Ohio — Summa Health System has drastically reduced the use of opioids in surgeries at all of its hospitals as a direct result of the opioid crisis. In 2017, Summa used narcotics in 98 percent of procedures, but now that number stands at 20 percent. […]

Law enforcement pushes back on Michigan civil asset forfeiture reforms

Law enforcement pushes back on Michigan civil asset forfeiture reforms https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/19/law-enforcement-pushes-back-michigan-civil-asset-forfeiture-reforms/2913449002/ Lansing — Bipartisan legislation that would reform the state’s controversial civil asset forfeiture laws received pushback Tuesday from Michigan law enforcement. The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police voiced opposition in a state House committee to proposals that would require a conviction before police permanently forfeit […]

two PBMs charged $224 million more a year for drugs than they were reimbursing pharmacists – just in OHIO !

Attorney General Dave Yost seeks $16 million repayment from pharmacy middleman OptumRx https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190219/attorney-general-dave-yost-seeks-16-million-repayment-from-pharmacy-middleman-optumrx After nearly a year of investigating, Ohio is taking its first steps to recover money from pharmacy middlemen who do billions of dollars worth of business with state agencies. Attorney General Dave Yost announced Tuesday that he is seeking repayment of nearly […]