Although it is against the law (at least the Rules of the Board of
Pharmacy - Rule 64B6-27.700(2), Florida Administrative Code) to dispense
compounded drugs from physician offices, doctors (in Florida and
otherwise) dispense compounded drugs all the time (due to lack of
enforcement from the state department of health.
Some pharmacies, notably Auro Pharmacy d/b/a Central Drugs Compounding
Pharmacy, try to obfuscate the rules by calling this dispensing
"Centralized Pharmacy Filling", and teach physicians how to break the
law in a way that confuses investigators. Centralized filling occurs
between pharmacies, not between a pharmacy and a physician office!
In addition, doctors will set up kickback deals with pharmacies where
they write a script, fax it directly to the pharmacy (eliminating the
patient's choice of pharmacy), collects payment from the patient, but
pays the pharmacy a lower "wholesale price" at the end of the month for
all the drugs they prescribed, and then the pharmacy on comment from Kenneth Woliner, M.D.
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