Let’s the LAW: PBM – can’t steer pts to their own mail order firm

Attention La State Group members: On January 1 the PBM for your plan changed from Medimpact to Express Scripts. It has come to our attention that they have been contacting our patients and trying to persuade you to leave your home town pharmacies to use mail order. This is not legal. It’s called patient steering. […]

Once they get their “claws” into you… nearly impossible to get away

When your insurance company insists or mandates that you must you a particular provider for some service/test/procedure that they are going to pay for… maybe you should check on who owns the company/provider that you are being mandated to use… Are you being referred to that particular provider because they are the best provider in […]

Neither the Constitution, 4 amendment nor HIPAA rules will interfere with the DEA getting your private health information

Neither the Constitution, 4 amendment nor HIPAA rules will interfere with the DEA getting your private health information.   US Appeals Court Rules: DEA Allowed Access to NH Opioid Database Without a Warrant https://freekeene.com/2022/01/29/us-appeals-court-rules-dea-allowed-access-to-nh-opioid-database-without-a-warrant/ On January 27, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, Chief Judge Jeffrey Howard, ruled in “US Dep’t […]

In case people are missing my posts on FAKE BOOK

Some people have noticed that post from my blog… has not been showing up on FAKE BOOK and/or some have tried to share my posts on FAKE BOOK…  are getting a notice that their post share is against their community standards.  It would seems that a person who claims to be a chronic painer… got […]