Met a new local provider today who works at Evergreen Family Medicine, also otherwise known as Centennial Medical Group East. They had taken classes to learn about Buprenorphine to help patients, yet they and their bosses still didn’t know that
My opinion comment on National Pain Report’s article regarding forced tapering by OHP (3-13-19)
The state is just doing what the Umpqua Health Alliance already proved could be done back in the summer of 2013. They act as the CCO for the Oregon Health Plan in Douglas County. They forcefully took all OHP patients
Roseburg VA overprescribes to veterans for years
As reported in the News Review Jan. 12, 2018, “The Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center has the highest rate of opioid prescriptions of any VA in the country, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Veterans
South River Community Health Center double standards for pain
Just reviewed over two years worth of medical records from South River CHC regarding a patient that 3 providers (Skyler Meyer, FNP and Marcy Dean, FNP and Carl Leder, PA) prescribed ongoing opiates to. In all that time not a
Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon FAILS to maintain adequate medical records
Medical records reviewed from this office showed that an Opioid Prescribing Agreement (OPA) and a Materials Risk Notice (MRN) were completed by the patient and Dr. Joseph Savino in 2016. It was referenced by Susan Bird, PA in 2017. Yet
VA’s RIOSORD risk index falls short in many ways
The RIOSORD was designed by the VA to assess the Risk Index for Overdose or Serious Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression, or basically that your pain medications could stop your breathing. It awarded points for many different conditions, some high, some low.
Evergreen Family Medicine fails to follow lab recommendations; just looks for excuses to fire patients
Amanda Rose, PA, at Centennial Medical Group East (also known as Evergreen Family Medicine) recently drug tested a patient at their office with the standard point-of-care cup. The cup showed methamphetamine, so Ms. Rose did what the standard lab recommendations
Why do pain agreements when doctors don’t take them seriously . . . except to use against patients.
Pulled out some records to check some things and refreshed myself with something I had been meaning to post earlier but got distracted. Talk about “little” pain agreements! Just look at the one used by Centennial Medical Group East, still
Why must Oregon doctors follow laws and guidelines when OHSU’s doctors don’t?
Just reviewed the medical records of a patient who has been seen at multiple clinics within the OHSU group in Portland. There are three pain agreements dating 2013, 2015, and 2017. Guess what? NONE of them are signed by the
NO pain agreements or Material Risk Notices as required by state agencies
I find it amazing that so many clinics, especially pain clinics are ignoring the requirements of having pain agreements and Material Risk Notices with their patients. I just reviewed another patient’s medical records that have none. None from her PCP