PHARMACIST STEVE

Beat cancer? Your Medicare Advantage plan might still be billing for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/05/medicare-advantage-records-fraud/ Firms mined patient records for outdated, irrelevant conditions to increase profits, Justice Department contends Kathy Ormsby’s work auditing medical case files uncovered an alleged scheme to defraud the federal government: The California health system that employed her was scouring health histories of […]

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FTC to investigate CVS Caremark, Humana, other pharmacy benefit managers https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/ftc-investigation-cvs-caremark-humana-pharmacy-benefit-managers A new investigation by the Federal Trade Commission will take aim at the prescription drug middlemen industry and pharmacy benefit managers. Pharmacy benefit managers are hired to negotiate rebates and fees with drug manufacturers, create drug formularies and surrounding policies and reimburse pharmacies for […]

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It would seem in hindsight, that the war on drugs was mostly built on racism, bigotry and lies.  It has been claimed that the Controlled Substance Act bill was signed into law by a President (“tricky dick nixon) that was known to be a racist/bigot and he wanted to throw blacks and “hippies” into jail. […]

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Billion-Dollar Bounty for AARP https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/99125?xid=nl_mpt_investigative2022-06-08&eun=g578717d0r The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) agreed to an exclusive promotional deal in September with Oak Street Health, which operates 100 primary care clinics in a dozen states, according to Kaiser Health News. The deal allows Oak Street Health to use AARP in its marketing for an undisclosed fee, […]

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