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New 3-digit phone number offers a lifeline for mental health crisis resources https://www.verizon.com/about/news/fcc-new-number-mental-health Suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S., and it’s on the rise. Vulnerable groups like veterans, LGBTQ youth, and Black teens are particularly at risk. To help address this urgent public health issue, the FCC tomorrow is expected to approve plans to establish […]

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Drug distributors win landmark opioid case brought by West Virginia local governments https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2022/07/04/drug-distributors-win-west-virginia-landmark-opioid-case/ The three largest drug distributors in the United States cannot be held liable for the opioid crisis that has racked Huntington and Cabell County, a federal judge has ruled. Nearly a year after the landmark trial in Charleston ended, U.S. District Judge […]

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Looks like some Medical Societies are starting to growing a “back-bone” and finding a “pair”…hopefully there will be more. ACR Statement on Recent Events: The Patient-Doctor Relationship Must Be Preserved The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) supports the privacy and integrity of the physician-patient relationship. Physicians have a responsibility to recommend appropriate care for all […]

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https://youtu.be/zKEhmZe_w9o?t=180 I clipped this video to start at abt 3 minutes in the video… to what is the “meat of the matter’ This is a interesting quote from a “my body my choice” side of the political spectrum… I wonder what this person and others in our population with the same opinion, would say if/when […]

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Filing a Civil Rights Complaint Filing a Civil Rights Complaint If you believe that you have been discriminated against because of your race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, or religion in programs or activities that HHS directly operates or to which HHS provides federal financial assistance, you may file a complaint with OCR. You […]

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There is more and more issues coming to light of how the PBM industry is extracting a “boat load’ of excessive profits from just about any entity/person within our medication distribution system from Medicare/Medicaid/Insurance, pharma, wholesaler, pt.  It is possible that there could be HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVOLVED in overcharging by the PBM […]

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These two “bad boys” were caught in the possession of illegal Fentanyl tablets and charged with possession, transportation and selling of illegal drugs.  Apparently in CALF, those who are arrested are put thru some “risk assessment” by the county probation dept to evaluate if those arrested, if released on their own recognizance or kept in jail.  […]

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PBM: Unmask the Villains of Healthcare’s High Costs https://practicingphysician.org/pbm-unmask-the-villains-of-healthcares-high-costs/ Would you like to lower healthcare costs, restore quality and improve choice? Yes? Then you MUST learn about Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). If you look on the Fortune 500 top 12 companies, you will find three companies who own PBM. Dig deeper, and you’ll discover these […]

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Medicare plans to stop posting some hospital safety data https://www.statnews.com/2022/07/01/medicare-wants-to-stop-publishing-some-hospital-safety-data-next-year/ After Ann MacDonald’s 82-year-old mother, Betty (above left), died in a Rhode Island hospital after developing sepsis after surgery, she has wondered about hospital safety. She turns to Care Compare, a federal government website that compiles hospital quality data in a user-friendly format, to look […]

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