Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Five Maryland orthopedic surgeons may lose their medical licenses after being charged with “suspect” billing practices including overcharging the state’s work comp fund for medications dispensed by the docs. The five are all members of Maryland Orthopedics P.A. One physician, Raymond Drabkin MD allegedly administered … Continue reading Physicians charged with inappropriate dispensing
Read More...myMatrixx released it’s annual Drug Trend Report yesterday; there’s a lot of good news – and a few trends that bear close attention. The good stuff (lots more in the report itself) drug costs per patient decreased by 2.4% despite … Continue reading Work comp drug trends – costs and opioid use down, physician dispensers still a big problem
Read More...WCRI’s latest report on physician dispensing confirms what we weary soldiers have known for years; the physician dispensing industry is way better at figuring out how to screw employers and taxpayers than workers’ comp payers and regulators are at stopping … Continue reading Why be a crook when you can be a dispensing doc?
Read More...There is NO reason, no rationale, no logic behind docs dispensing drugs to workers comp claimants. Proponents claim it is better care, leading to speedier recovery and lower costs. We long suspected the opposite is true; that is, claimants … Continue reading Yet more evidence doc dispensing is a disaster
Read More...Allstate Insurance filed suit against physician dispensing “technology” firms Infinite Strategic Innovations Inc (ISI) and Doctors Medical LLC earlier this week. This is the second in what may be an-ongoing series of legal actions by the giant insurer, and comes … Continue reading Another bomb drops on physician dispensers
Read More...That’s the only conclusion one can reach after reading WCRI’s latest report, The Impact of Banning Physician Dispensing of Opioids in Florida. Here’s why. As of July 1, 2011, Florida’s docs could no longer dispense most opioids from their offices. … Continue reading Dispensing docs to Hippocrates: Drop Dead.
Read More...Oh this is getting fun! Earlier this week WorkCompCentral published a column ostensibly written by a physician attacking me for exposing the dangers, both physical and financial, inherent in physician dispensing of repackaged drugs. I say ostensibly because the column … Continue reading Physician dispensers are getting desperate
Read More...Earlier this year, I predicted Florida would pass a bill limiting reimbursement for physician dispensed drugs. This morning, we made some significant progress. Spent a good chunk of the morning watching the Florida Senate hearing on Sen Hays’ bill that … Continue reading Physician dispensed drug costs – progress in Florida!
Read More...Today’s WorkCompCentral arrived with the welcome news [subscription required] that South Carolina’s Workers Comp Commission has capped the price on repackaged drugs at the price set by the underlying manufacturer. This is good news indeed, and a well-deserved helping of … Continue reading Coal for Drug repackagers/Physician dispensers…
Read More...There’s a good bit of confusion out there about the two physician dispensing bills on the table in Florida. There are two separate issues here that are often conflated in the media. First are the pill mills – those storefronts … Continue reading Florida’s dispensing legislation clarified
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