While everyone deals with the “opioid” crisis, more and more patients are being “converted” to Buprenorphine products (really just another opioid). These Medication Assisted Treatment centers are popping up all over the place because it’s the “preferred” treatment that is
Study feels PDMP’s are flawed; I couldn’t agree more.
Here is my response to the Pain News Network article entitled: “Study: Prescription Drug Databases Overestimate Opioid Misuse” written by Pat Anson and posted 8-13-19: “PDMP databases are just numbers and details. At least in Oregon, I have had to
Prior Authorizations — the bane of most medical offices
Prior Authorizations have been used for years by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit mangers (PBM’s) to deny or delay medications, imaging, treatments, surgeries, etc. for their insured patient, their own client. But really, they don’t care, and never have. Once
VA fails to meet standards set by the federal government regarding electronic medical records
Years ago when the federal government started passing laws regarding electronic medical record systems, they demanded integrated communicability between systems at various offices, hospitals, etc. Medicare paid millions across the country for offices to get up to speed and modernized.
Canyonville Health and Urgent Care violates HIPAA?
The ongoing clash with this clinic is far from over. They have failed to send us records in a timely manner for years. Now their ploy is to NOT fax records to our office despite the patient’s signed Release of
Response to Pain News Network article of 7-19-19
Here’s my response to the article by Pat Anson posted July 19, 2019 on the Pain News Network entitled: “Pharmacists and Rx Wholesalers Charged with Drug Trafficking“ “It’s high time that any of the corporate executives that are charges with
Response to Pain News Network article of 8-6-19
Here’s my response to the article “Co-Pay Assistance Programs Fail to Help Uninsured Patients” by Pat Anson and posted on the Pain News Network on August 6, 2019: “Multi-million dollar fines do NOT change their behavior . . . because
Response to Pain News Network article of 8-8-19
Here’s my response to an article posted on Pain News Network on August 8, 2019 by Pat Anson and titled: “Experts Advise Against It, But Opioids Often Used to Treat Migraine.” “While there have been numerous other medications available to
Response to article posted on Pain News Network 8-10-19
Here’s an opinion I posted on the Pain New Network in response to the article “Are Rx Opioids the Culprits or Scapegoats for Opioid Crisis?” by Dr. Lynn Webster and posted August 10, 2019: “There have always been multiple contributors
Eugene Neurosurgeon has problems with basic medical terminology?
Saw a patient yesterday for their first visit. I had reviewed their records a week earlier and noted problems. Dr. Neil Roundy, a neurosurgeon at Oregon Neurosurgery, had seen the patient in May 2019 as a pre-operative visit. He documented