“BAD ESI”: Pt paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair and renders her incontinent

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Singer Is Paralyzed After Delay in Care; Hospital Must Pay https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986937 Delay in Treatment Will Cost Hospital Millions A Texas hospital must pay a multimillion-dollar judgment for failing to treat a woman’s spinal injury in time to prevent paralysis, according to a report on WFAA.com, among other news sites. On March 21, 2019, Judy “Jessie” […]

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another “pharmacy desert” created: compliments of the Insurance/PBM industry

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

$189 charged, $15 collected: The life and death of a local independent drugstore https://vtdigger.org/2023/01/16/189-charged-15-collected-the-life-and-death-of-a-local-independent-drugstore/   BRATTLEBORO — Eye all the photos, postcards and news clippings that paper Mary Giamartino’s office, and you’ll see how the Hotel Pharmacy opened at downtown’s Brooks House in 1940, then kept its name when it moved to the old fire […]

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VA to pay for all emergency mental health care starting Jan 17, 2023

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

VA to pay for all emergency mental health care starting Jan 17, 2023 https://www.legion.org/veteranshealthcare/257959/va-pay-all-emergency-mental-health-care-starting-next-week Starting Jan. 17, veterans in acute suicidal crisis will be able to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost – including inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and […]

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