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https://who13.com/news/iowa-gov-reynolds-signs-bill-to-reform-pharmacy-benefit-managers/ DES MOINES, Iowa (KCAU) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Wednesday aimed at bringing changes to pharmacy benefit managers, also known as PBMs. The legislation, Senate File 383, aims to help prevent more independent and rural pharmacies from closing their doors in the Hawkeye State. PBMs are the middlemen between […]
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Has anyone noticed that PBMs are running TV commercials about how they can save everyone money on their prescriptions. What they don’t say is that while you MAY pay less out of pocket. Your insurance company may pay multiple times what it would cost them if you pay for your prescription and you send in […]
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Two Women Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test to See if It Was Safe. https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/chemotherapy/115929 A common chemotherapy drug can be deadly for those deficient in the enzyme that metabolizes it JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, swallowed the first three chemotherapy […]
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Too bad that Trump will not free all those chronic pain pts that are basically under house arrest since their pain management medications have been reduced or stopped. They are house, chair, bed confined because of their under/untreated pain, and many are not able to even provide minimum self-care. All because our DOJ/DEA has pursued […]
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Engaging Community Pharmacists in Improving Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder https://forefdn.org/grantee-spotlight-engaging-community-pharmacists-in-improving-treatment-outcomes-for-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder/ In late 2022, Congress passed legislation allowing any DEA-registered prescriber to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Only around half of U.S. pharmacies stock it, however, because of controlled substance purchasing and dispensing requirements. Today, the National Association […]
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The Prohibition Amendment, known as the Eighteenth Amendment, was ratified on January 16, 1919, and prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States. It was later repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment on December 5, 1933. 16th Amendment and the Establishment of Modern Income Tax (1913) Congress had established our income […]
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This is a single example of where the $$ goes that the pt hands over at the Rx counter. If anyone has noticed, all of sudden the PBM industry is now advertising on TV claiming how much money they are saving people. When I first started working in a pharmacy back in the summer […]
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Pharmacogenomics – the core of individualized, precision medication therapy. For the pts who are having a difficult time getting their pain managed properly. Having your PGx (DNA) testing done. The test is from a simple cheek swab. Send it off to the lab, and in a couple of weeks, you will typically get a somewhat […]
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The Montana Medical Board has been chasing Mark Ibsen for nearly 10 yrs. Their first attempt was a complaint from a Chiropractor who worked in Mark’s “doc in a box” practice. The AG of Montana at the time, I got the impression that he would have been happy if Montana were a “opioid desert”. I […]
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