Here’s the letter I wrote to the PDMP, SavOn, and the Oregon Board of Pharmacy and faxed to them on 4-17-19. As usual, I doubt much action will occur. Re: ANOTHER BATCH ERROR ? ! Please see the attached error
Evergreen Family Medicine FAILS to maintain medical records to higher standards
Evergreen Family Medicine has again failed to provide all the appropriate medical records on a patient that they have been treating. Every document signed by the providers is part of the medical record. It is amazing to me that they
Marijuana and Opioids Can Be Helpful for Chronic Pain Patients
Just posted this response to the article entitled “Pain Sufferers May Benefit From Combining Opioids and Marijuana” on the National Pain Report website: I have successfully used combined opioid and marijuana therapy for years with my chronic pain patients. I
Failure of yet another medical office to properly document chronic opioid treatments for years
Just reviewed over 400 pages of medical records from Sonoma Family Practice out of Sonoma, CA. The two page “Consent form for Controlled Substane Therapy” is NOT signed by the physician and is NOT dated. Multiple repeated pages regarding current
More NeuroSpine documentation FAILURES
Records from NeuroSpine FAIL to show the pain medications that they are prescribing to a patient in the “Medication” section. They only show up at the end of the notes when they again PRESCRIBE them and occasionally in the discussions
NeuroSpine fails to do pain agreements and complete proper documentation
Just reviewed the final records of a patient applying for care. NeuroSpine failed to send ALL the requested records the first time, so I had to review the rest later. Specifically the pain agreement is NOT signed by the patient
More failures by clinics to use pain agreements and material risk notices
Major medical associations and state agencies advocate for the use of pain agreements and Material Risk Notices to be completed with chronic pain patients before continuing to prescribe opioid medications long term. It’s amazing to me how many clinics still
UCHC continues to LIE and LIE and LIE to patients
There is NO law, neither state or federal, that prevents any physician from prescribing opiate pain medications to patients also using medical marijuana. There are much more knowledgeable practicing physicians across the US that understand that fact, it’s too bad
FDA finally speaks out against fast opioid tapers
Here’s my response to the recent article “FDA Warns About Fast Opioid Tapers” that appeared on the Pain News Network website on 4-9-19: While I have been doing slow tapers ever since the CDC Guidelines came out in March 2016,
Government NEVER admits their mistakes!
Here is my response to the recent article entitled “An Open Letter to the CDC Center for Injury Prevention” that Dr. Richard Lawhern posted on the Pain News Network website on 4-9-19: Governmental policy has always been slow to change,