Dozens charged in opioid case

[owlegrad]

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Dozens of Medical Professionals Charged in Opioids Sting

Federal prosecutors have charged scores of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals with scheming to distribute more than 32 million powerful and addictive pain pills.

www.wsj.com

I wish I had more details about the pharmacists charged. I guess that isn’t as interesting as the prostitution doctor or the dentist who pulled teeth just to write the scripts.

 

[Rouelle]

Agreed. I would love to know specifically what the pharmacists are being charged with. Failure to do their due diligence? Something more lurid?

 

[Twentytwelve2]

From my understanding, pharmacists are being charged for "accepting costly cash payments." Quoted from the article.
I never allow for cash payments of opioids scripts at #120 tablets or more. It is too suspicious...
And a hello to owlegrad. I remember when owlegrad proof read my personal statement for pharmacy school. 🙂

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

From my understanding, pharmacists are being charged for "accepting costly cash payments." Quoted from the article.
I never allow for cash payments of opioids scripts at #120 tablets or more. It is too suspicious...
And a hello to owlegrad. I remember when owlegrad proof read my personal statement for pharmacy school. 🙂

He wrote my recommendation letter.

It was sealed, so I didn't realize it just said

"To whom it may concern,


Ayyyyyy let this nerd in lmaooooo"

 

[BidingMyTime]

I can't see the article, since I don't subscribe the WSJ. Sounds like it is short on details anyway. I am curious of course, were these pharmacists really ignoring red flags just for money? Or are they in trouble for filling legitimated prescriptions, just because we are now in a anti-opioid time period. There are legitimate pain patients who don't have insurance (or have one of those insurance plans were you have to pay up front and then submit for reimbursement.) Granted these are a minority, but since every state except backwards MO has a narco look-up, it makes it easy to find pharmacy/doctor hoppers.

 

[lord999]

For the Feds to charge you, they had to have been brazenly obvious. US Attorneys have metrics to meet as well, and budget to clearance rate is one of them. Plus, this is a criminal and not civil probe. Reasonable doubt is still a pretty high standard.

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

From my understanding, pharmacists are being charged for "accepting costly cash payments." Quoted from the article.
I never allow for cash payments of opioids scripts at #120 tablets or more. It is too suspicious...
And a hello to owlegrad. I remember when owlegrad proof read my personal statement for pharmacy school. 🙂

Many insurance companies only pay for a 7 day supply of opioids leading to patients electing to pay the cash price for the whole script.

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

Many insurance companies only pay for a 7 day supply of opioids leading to patients electing to pay the cash price for the whole script.

Maybe take it as a hint that you shouldn't be filling those scripts

 

[gwarm01]

Hopefully this will further empower pharmacists to refuse sketchy scripts.

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Maybe take it as a hint that you shouldn't be filling those scripts

Just don't call me to get permission to switch from a proair to a ventolin chief

 

[projektreverb]

Just don't call me to get permission to switch from a proair to a ventolin chief

Yeah ain’t nobody got time for that.

 

[Modest_anteater]

Dozens of Medical Professionals Charged in Opioids Sting

Federal prosecutors have charged scores of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals with scheming to distribute more than 32 million powerful and addictive pain pills.

www.wsj.com

I wish I had more details about the pharmacists charged. I guess that isn’t as interesting as the prostitution doctor or the dentist who pulled teeth just to write the scripts.

Well at least this is good news for saturation. New job openings guys! also possibly more demand for a pharmacist in a prison to dispense meds

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Well at least this is good news for saturation. New job openings guys! also possibly more demand for a pharmacist in a prison to dispense meds

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