Statins to get new warning labels about diabetes risk
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication
Several popular cholesterol-lowering drugs are about to get updated warning labels that may scare off some patients. Read more
Obama takes action on growing drug shortage crisis
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
The nationwide shortage of key medications is finally getting some attention from the White House. Read more
Drug shortages lead to pill scalping
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
Shortages of some key medications are leading some to make a living scalping prescription drugs the way some folks make cash off concert tickets. Read more
Man poses as pharma rep to steal drug samples
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
Bad: A pharmacy sales rep showing up in a busy office. Worse: A fake sales rep who smooth-talks his way in so he can steal all your drug sample inventory. Read more
Doc illegally prescribed steroids for local cops, taxpayers paid the bill
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
A doctor and several police officers appear to have engaged in a double breach of public trust. Read more
Are those common drugs still safe 20 years later?
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Drugs approved for chronic conditions can have major side effects that aren’t discovered until years or decades after they’re approved. Is there a better way to protect patients? Read more
Fraud, drug use and stalking: Just another day in the pediatric ER?
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Allegations of drug abuse and stalking — just what you want in your pediatrician’s background. Read more
Pharmacist gets 4 years in prison for fraud
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Turns out identity theft and fraud were the wrong cure for this pharmacist’s financial troubles. Read more
Should you pay patients to take their pills?
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Finance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication
A controversial idea is gaining ground in medicine: Paying non-compliant patients to take their meds. Read more
68 deaths later, doc on trial for writing bad prescriptions
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Most doctors would re-examine their protocols for writing prescriptions after a few dozen patients overdosed. Not Dr. Stephen Schneider. Read more
