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Michigan sues Walgreens, other drug companies for causing opioid crisis https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2019/12/17/michigan-walgreens-opioid-drug-companies/2674106001/ The state of Michigan Tuesday filed a lawsuit against drug companies for damages caused by the opioid epidemic. The suit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, charges McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Walgreens with creating the opioid epidemic by flooding the market with prescription […]

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My blog is now in its 8th year and it took me five plus years to get ONE MILLION total page views and the second one million page views took only TWO YEARS. Thanks to my many loyal readers. I have learned much from those who have made comments or reached out to me via […]

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U.S. Sues CVS for Fraudulently Billing Medicare, Medicaid for Invalid Prescriptions https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/17/us/17reuters-cvs-lawsuit.html NEW YORK — CVS Health Corp and its Omnicare unit were sued on Tuesday by the U.S. government, which accused them of fraudulently billing Medicare and other programs for drugs for older and disabled people without valid prescriptions. The Department of Justice joined […]

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  Some are wondering why their PBM/Insurance is creating “preferred medications” for pts with specific health issues.  The only answer is the MIDDLEMEN in the medication distribution system. “EPIGATE” is a fictional term to describe the rapid price increase on EPIPEN (auto injector) used for asthma attacks and acute/severe allergy reactions ( anaphylactic shock ). […]

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Amid physician pressure, Walmart backs off plan to reject paper Rx https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/amid-physician-pressure-walmart-backs-plan-reject-paper-rx What’s in the news: Walmart Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it is delaying a previously announced move to mandate electronic prescriptions for controlled substances (EPCS) that was scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2020. The AMA and other medical societies had been urging […]

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