CVS CAREMARK USES DIRTY MONEY TO BUY ITS WAY OUT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AGAIN!!!!

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS CAREMARK USES DIRTY MONEY TO BUY ITS WAY OUT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AGAIN!!!! https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10157995843780499&id=172075625498 Add this to the $1.1 BILLION DOLLAR LONG LIST of Fines since the year 2000!! (This list is pictured below). When are we going to stand up as a country and stop DIRTY MONEY like CVS CAREMARK and other PBM’s […]

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Doctors: Execution Drugs Could Help COVID-19 Patients

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Doctors: Execution Drugs Could Help COVID-19 Patients https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2020-04-21/doctors-execution-drugs-could-help-covid-19-patients A group of medical professionals is asking death penalty states for medications used both for lethal injections and to help coronavirus patients who are on ventilators. This July 25, 2014 file photo shows bottles of the sedative midazolam at a hospital pharmacy in Oklahoma City. Many of […]

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CMS updates COVID-19 guidance to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

CMS updates COVID-19 guidance to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2020/04/23/cms-updates-covid-19-guidance-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-plans On April 21, CMS released a guidance document to Medicare Advantage organizations, Part D sponsors, and Medicare-Medicaid plans updating previously released information from March 10. People should take 2021 Humana Medicare advantage plans for health precaution. The guidance includes several relevant provisions for […]

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Correspondence: Are ESIs Still Worth It?

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Correspondence: Are ESIs Still Worth It? https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/correspondence-are-esis-still-worth-it-benzocaine-orofacial-pain Dear PPM, Regarding “Epidural Steroid Injections: Are the Risks Worth the Benefits?” (July 2019), most pain management providers, let alone referring providers and patients, may not be aware of the background surrounding the FDA stance and the initial request to ban the use of epidural steroid injections (ESIs). […]

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chance to become an Invicta men’s dive watch owner

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Pain Is Taxing Facebook Live Feed campaign event #2 When? Wednesday, April 30th, 2020 Time: simultaneously across USA 🇺🇸 on Facebook Time: Pacific time: 12 pm Central time: 2 pm Eastern time: 3 pm Join In!! We need YOU to stand up for yourself and tell your friends and family about the fake opiate epidemic […]

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Dr. Thomas Kline, MD, PhD: Medical Myths Revealed Corona virus GLOVES CAN KILL GETTING BACK TO WORK THE ZONE SYSTEM

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

https://youtu.be/-mJvuZYOJM4 I personally think GLOVES are killing people especially in nursing home from failure to wash gloves like your hands. It is not being done!! Is is easier to spread viruses with gloves than hands. The false sense of security is dangerous to self and others. Basic understanding of how the virus is spread through […]

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comment concerning perspectives on and experiences with pain and pain management

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-08127/p-14 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment concerning perspectives on and experiences with pain and pain management, including but not limited to the benefits and harms of opioid use, from patients with acute or chronic […]

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Just a few thoughts….

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Tomorrow will mark the end of ONE MONTH of sheltering in place for us.  We have been retired for several years… so we have been for the most part sheltering in place for years.. 🙁 All too many are looking for a answer, for a solution, for adequate therapy. I starting thinking back… We have […]

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Have we reached the bottom of the barrel yet ?

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

A fraudulent prescription was filled this morning using the DEA number of Dr. Sarah Beeson, from Greenwood, Indiana. The prescription was written to a patient named Beth Bulling (DOB: 9-18-1958) for Amitriptyline 25mg. If you receive a prescription - written or phoned in - containing this information, please DO NOT fill. You can reach Dr. Beeson at (317) 215-7966 or notify the INSPECT office at (317) 234-8039. I got the above via email from the Indiana Board of Pharmacy.. someone is so desperate that they are forging prescriptions for a NON-CONTROLLED MED – Amitriptyline  – typically use for depression but some docs will use it for Fibromyalia pts… suppose to help their pain ? I got a email, just this week […]

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Broken promises: (CMS) pledged that they would reimburse providers at 100% of the in-person rate .. some bills are being returned and only partially paid.

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Doctors Struggle to Get Paid for Telehealth Visits https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85990 As COVID-19 has forced more physicians into telemedicine visits, getting paid has been a struggle, providers told MedPage Today. Telehealth reimbursement during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased rapidly compared with its previously slow uptake, but providers say they’re not being paid to the extent they are […]

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