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Doctor is “convicted” ON ALLEGATIONS of over prescribing & NOT FOLLOWING GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICES. From what I have heard about a person being taken to FEDERAL COURT that 90%-95% will be FOUND GUILTY… Apparently in our federal court system, the DOJ/DEA can take a doc to federal court and can get them convicted over JUST […]
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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 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/05/medicare-advantage-records-fraud/ Firms mined patient records for outdated, irrelevant conditions to increase profits, Justice Department contends Kathy Ormsby’s work auditing medical case files uncovered an alleged scheme to defraud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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Go-broke dates pushed back for Social Security, Medicare https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/go-broke-dates-pushed-back-social-security-medicare The time frame for Social Security and Medicare to go-broke has been pushed back, helped by a stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report says the Social Security trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in […]
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What some hospital healthcare employees are saying about GUN VIOLENCE https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/michael-dowling-every-single-us-hospital-leader-should-be-screaming-about-what-an-abomination-this-is.html Americans and global leaders have responded to the May 24 shooting at a Texas elementary school with heartbreak, anger and calls for change to better fight gun violence. But if you’re paying attention, the calls out of healthcare — from trauma surgeons, pediatricians, nurses, […]
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The GoodRx-Kroger Blowup: Spread Pricing, Pharmacy Margins, and the Future of Discount Cards https://www.drugchannels.net/2022/05/the-goodrx-kroger-blowup-spread-pricing.html A few weeks ago, GoodRx surprised investors with the unpleasant news that a major grocery chain had stopped accepting its discount card for an unspecified number of prescriptions. As I explain below, the unnamed chain appears to be Kroger—the sixth-largest U.S. […]
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