On May 3, 2013… there was a post on Jim Plagakis http://www.jimplagakis.com/?p=6203
The basic story is about – what I believe – describes what is going on with WAGS and patients that need control meds for legit medical needs.
It would appear from this posting that WAGS/DEA or some sort of “bean counter(s)” has plugged some numbers into their spreadsheet and determined how many controls a particular store should be dispensing.
It would also appear from this post that the WAG’s RPH… was subject to some sort of audit… during which his attorney was not permitted to be present and the results of this audit has been classified as “confidential” and will not shared with the RPH and or his/her attorney.
I have revised my website http://www.steveariens.com/
I am going to put my experience and services out there for anyone who wishes to sue any entity that is causing or potentially causing harm to patients.. especially those who suffer from “subjective diseases “, I will be on the Plaintiff’s side of the court room. It is all outlined on my website. I will assist pts in appealing their denied claims from their insurance companies… stats indicates that approx 50% of all denied claims on appeal will be approved.
I will work with RPH’s to properly document and develop a process with which they can use to establish a “paper trail” of wrong doing by their employer.. that is/could cause pt’s harm/death, while protecting their job. If you capitulate to the demands of your employer.. you are the healthcare professional… it may be decided that you have the legal/moral responsibility to provide/fill these legal Rxs. If you have not objected to the mandates of your employer.. how are you going to defend yourself… against a charge of denying care/service ?
IMO.. there is going to be a growing number of lawsuit over denial of care/service… The genesis of this .. appears to be the corporate entities and/or the DEA .. but the RPH .. is going to be caught in the middle of this “war on patients”… and if they are not careful.. will become the “ground zero” by patients trying to get their needed therapy.
IMO.. we are being placed in a potentially no win situation…but … capitulating to edicts of your employer… you are also capitulating your professional responsibilities.
As Will Rogers once stated If you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there – Will Rogers
Just refusing to fill these legit prescriptions… may not completely exonerate the Rph from being part of these up and coming lawsuits.
Filed under: General Problems
I prefer to think of this issue as only one under a larger umbrella of disrespect for the practice of the ancient art and science of the pharmacy profession.
I had always thought that the DEA were pharmacists with a pharmacist way of thinking, but it seems that they’re nothing more than mindless policeman under sway of whatever political influence seems popular.
Why have PBMs been able to gain so much influence in the health insurance business? They are not pharmacists, but stock brokers and money managers
Why can Pfizer sell sildafenil directly on the internet? They and other drug companies certainly are not pharmacists with individual heath concerns for the American citizen.
Why are there not more restrictions on internet sales of fake drugs? Why is there a national shortage of calcium gluconate and sodium bicarbonate injection? Why was the American public receiving tainted heparin from illegal or uninspected foreign sources? Why are there so many drug recalls? Surely the supply chain is not made up of pharmacists.Could it be that the FDA with direct concern aligned with the interest of pharmacists is underfunded? Could it be that the interest of pharmacists for their patients in the national health care debate is not all that important?
This is another story of the corporate ‘bean counters’ that are ruining pharmacy. The DEA is clearly ‘out of control’. What has the DEA done? Where are we in the, so called, ‘war on drugs’? The DEA has ‘created’ a crimminal class, especially in Mexico and Central America, and filled up the prisons in the US with drug peddlers and users. Now, they have turned their attention to the legitimate use of prescription drugs. It is time for Congress cut funding to the DEA! And, it is time for lawsuits, as you suggest to return pharmacy to its proper role. It is time to teach these corporations that their ‘bean counters’ are not as important as they think they are.