WHO KNEW in 2021: FDA had a TWO DAY VIRTUAL SEMINAR ON Morphine Milligram Equivalents: Current Applications and Knowledge Gaps, Research Opportunities, and Future Directions

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/morphine-milligram-equivalents-current-applications-and-knowledge-gaps-research-opportunities-and   There is a BOAT LOAD of PDF’s in this hyperlink…  since this was a two day virtual seminar… it might take someone a couple of days to try and digest all this information.   Here is a link to a one of my blog posts that includes a what is basically the genealogy […]

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UP TO 5% of TRICARE beneficiaries will have to make a 30+ MINUTE round trip to get their prescription filled because of DOD contract

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Tricare to reduce number of network pharmacies for its beneficiaries this month https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-10-11/tricare-prescriptions-pharmacy-express-scripts-7659239.html A new contract from prescription-drug benefit manager Express Scripts will force nearly 15,000 pharmacies out of the Tricare network by the end of this month, according to a spokeswoman for a small pharmacies’ association. The new contract will remove 14,963 pharmacies from […]

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Medicare Advantage Fraud Cases Pile Up; COVID Origins Settled? Nurse’s Murder Trial

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

This kind of reminds me of when Medicare started  Diagnosis Related Group reimbursement in the early 80’s https://www.medicareadvantage.com/coverage/diagnosis-related-group  basically what it was… that Medicare decided to reimburse hospitals a fix $$$ on a pt when they were admitted to a hospital.  What it meant was that when a pt was admitted to a hospital the  […]

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