Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
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...This from a vendor presenting at a recent specialty medical society meeting in California… I’m not sure who did the graphics on this, but I especially like the quality of the artwork (reminiscent of Highlights!) and subtlety of the message. … Continue reading Marketing dispensing to physicians…
Read More...The good folks in Louisiana are rejoicing over a recent court decision in a case involving LUBA Workers’ Comp; here’s the interpretation from Jeffrey Napolitano of Juge Napolitano Guilbreau Ruli & Frieman PLC, a legal firm in Metairie, LA… the court … Continue reading The latest on workers’ comp physician dispensing in Louisiana
Read More...Yesterday’s meeting in Boston was very, very productive. The audience included trade groups, insurers, TPAs, large employers, physicians, researchers, regulators, analysts, PBMs, and media, all focused on the single issue of physician dispensing. Among the sessions was a report on … Continue reading Report from the Physician Dispensing Summit
Read More...Here’s what’s up this week: 1. I’m at the Physician Dispensing Summit today in Boston hosted by PMSI and Progressive Solutions. There are around a hundred attendees including regulators, payers, physicians, researchers, retail pharmacy chains, and other stakeholders. Among the … Continue reading A very busy week – physician dispensing, WCRI, and the sequester
Read More...So, here’s a question for you. Given the patient safety issues inherent in physician dispensing of repackaged drugs to work comp claimants, are medical malpractice liability carriers considering this issue when underwriting coverage? If not, why not? Here are some of … Continue reading Medical malpractice and physician dispensing
Read More...It’s been a week of focus on pharmacy, so forgive one last post on the subject. Now that Illinois has joined CT MS AR SC GA and a host of other states that have addressed the outrageous practice of charging … Continue reading Solving work comp physician dispensing, one bill at a time
Read More...This profitable. That’s Gerry Glass on the left and Paul Zimmerman on the right, co-CEOS of Automated Healthcare Solutions The two bought the jet, which is registered under the name “Boys from Dover”, back in May of 2010. Other pictures … Continue reading How profitable is the physician dispensing business?
Read More...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...Why do physicians dispense drugs to workers comp patients? To hear them tell it, it’s all about convenience, better outcomes, lower cost, faster return to work – all assertions made without a shred of evidence. The reality is rather less … Continue reading How physician dispensing companies promote their product
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