Pharmacy is currently CLOSED due to staffing issues

In our small county of 80K population, we have 3 independent pharmacies and I am not aware of any of them not being opened their scheduled hours…  Can’t say the same for the two chains that have the most community pharmacies in our country. The independent pharmacy that we patronize … they tell me that […]

Walgreen/Boots: Pharmacists Under Pressure?

HHS OIG Report Finds Many Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Receiving Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder

How many chronic pain pts have had a Dx added to their list of health issues by Medicare Parts B, C, and D and the Medicare pt doesn’t have a clue about it ?  How many Medicare folks are going to start getting a ‘talking to” by their PCP about them dealing with their OUD […]

website that shows you all sorts of stats that you never thought you would ever need to know

https://www.worldometers.info/ THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL SEGMENT OF ALL SORTS OF DATA AVAILABLE FROM THIS WEBSITE – IN REAL TIME Health 735,649Communicable disease deaths this year 28,083Seasonal flu deaths this year 430,737Deaths of children under 5 this year 2,419,037Abortions this year 17,515Deaths of mothers during birth this year 43,345,764HIV/AIDS infected people 95,262Deaths caused by HIV/AIDS […]

Another pharmacist using the excuse “I’m not comfortable” as a reason to deny providing valid medical care

Dear Steve, I have been a chronic pain patient since 2006. I am 66 and disabled. CVS is the only  drug store I can walk to as it’s close to my home.  For over 3 years I’ve filled my C-II. there with no issue.  It was due 1-9-22. I got a text saying out of […]

Medicare Quality Improvement Organization – one more way to file a complaint against a Medicare vendor