Per a letter I wrote awhile back, I see that the Oregon PDMP is finally reporting the refills properly per my suggestion. The PDMP had been reporting refills starting with “0” and counting upwards as they were filled. Unfortunately that
2 local doctors had staff writing own pain med prescriptions for themselves and others!
Two local physicians have been discovered to have staff members that have been writing their own prescriptions by stealing prescriptions pads. They have written prescriptions for themselves, their family members, and others, probably selling them for big money. Walgreens discovered
My response to recent article on Pain News Network
This article posted 6-14-19: “Why Do Doctors Keep Pushing Invasive Procedures on Me?” — Pain News Network It’s always been about the money. There’s little risk to the physician for doing an injection or other procedure that garners them thousands
Arbitrary justice varies from town to town; clear example.
Let’s compare two cases of leaving an infant in the backseat of a hot car in a car seat unattended. Roseburg, OR: Nicole Engler, nurse practitioner, left her child in the car seat while she went to work at Evergreen
Over-medicated hospital employees at Mercy?
Mercy Medical Center recently LOST an EKG that was performed on my patient. In fact they had the WRONG phone number and address for the patient in their computer system, and even noted the patient’s marital status WRONGLY. WOW!! Did
Illegal prescribing activity by two different doctors in Roseburg
It has been reported to me by reliable sources that do not wish to get involved with the proper reporting of such crimes that two doctors in Roseburg have had staff members falsifying prescriptions and passing them off in town.
Mercy Medical Center AGAIN FAILS to send important records in a timely manner
Just saw a patient this week who was seen in the Mercy Medical Center ER, then admitted, was in the ICU and saw a mental health specialist before discharge. The patient was told to follow-up with me as scheduled within
Albertson’s Sav-on pharmacy STILL making illegal reporting errors and is never held accountable by the state
Just in the last few weeks, I had to notify Sav-on, the PDMP, and the Oregon Board of Pharmacy of another eight illegal acts by Sav-on. Oregon law requires all pharmacies to report controlled substance medications filled within 72 hours
“VA’s billing practices affect everyone”
This was the title of the Public Forum letter published in the News Review on May 5, 2019 and attributed to Mike Berns of Brookings. Mr. Berns described that as a veteran he has service-connected health issues that are treated
Another clinic fails to provide all requested medical records; are they hiding something?
I recently reviewed the records of a new applicant who has been seeing the Salem Clinic. After three different requests for records, we still NEVER received the following: NO prescription log of post-dated prescriptions given to the patient that are