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Walgreens sued by BCBS payers, health systems for alleged drug overcharging fraud scheme https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/walgreens-sued-by-bcbs-payers-health-systems-for-alleged-drug-overcharging-fraud-scheme.html Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates and other payers are suing Walgreens for allegedly overcharging payers and customers for prescription drugs. Court documents filed March 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division claim that Walgreens […]

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Colorado pharmacy techs shine light on shortages, delays https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact-denver7/colorado-pharmacy-techs-shine-light-on-shortages-delays After almost seven years as a pharmacy technician at a Centennial Walgreens, Melanie- who asked Denver7 to not use her last name to protect her privacy- quit right before her shift last summer. “I just sent a message to my store manager, and I said, ‘I’m […]

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Did anyone notice that seemingly innocuous link to the left top of on this page  https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/CDC-2022-0024-0001  When you click on it… the rest of this post is what shows up … The comment process is not a vote – one well supported comment is often more influential than a thousand form letters   this line could […]

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A intractable chronic pain reached out to me … concerning a new pharmacist at a pharmacy she had been patronizing for years, and this pharmacist decided that the medication that this pt had been taking for years – by the book – had some potential interactions that the pharmacist “had concerns about”.  Was hassling the […]

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