Thursday, February 22, 2018

Amazon, Aetna-CVS deals plagued with security concerns: 5 things ...

Becker's Hospital Review-22 hours ago
So with the merger, the general rule is that the pharmacy data can be merged in the company's databases with the insurance data subject to minimal rules … [However,] the merger doesn't give every health insurance employee the right to see all of the medical records from the pharmacy," Mr. Swire told The National Law ...

Montana seeks marketing injunction against OxyContin maker

The Spokesman-Review-20 hours ago
OxyContin pills are arranged Feb. 19, 2013, for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. The state of Montana is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin from marketing opioids to Montana prescribers, seeking to put the force of a court order behind Purdue Pharma's recent ...

It will take everyone if we're going to have an impact on the opioid ...

Price Sun Advocate-20 hours ago
“I believe it,” Ferguson quipped. “I never wanted to go to his pharmacy.” The response garnered laughter from the crowd, but emphasizes an important point. Some doctors prescribe far more opioids than others. Some pharmacists just fill prescriptions because a doctor wrote it. That's just fueling the epidemic, Ferguson said.

Patients, doctors struggle with new law aimed at reducing overdoses

KLAS-TV-12 hours ago
A lot feel shame, feel like they're being treated like a criminal at the pharmacy," Dr. Laird said. Some patients complain the crackdown has led to pharmacy overreach with some skipping the full amount of pills or refusing to supply them at all. "They start wondering when I go today is it going to be the good pharmacist or the ..