Tuesday, May 22, 2012

California Board of Pharmacy weighs in on RxTEC proposal

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More on potential e-Pedigree touchpoints . . .

SecuringPharma - California Board of Pharmacy weighs in on RxTEC proposal:

"The California Board of Pharmacy in the US has written an open letter to Representative Henry Waxman calling for a federal approach to pharmaceutical traceability that provides the same or greater protection to the public as its electronic pedigree system due to come into effect between 2015 and 2017.

The letter to Waxman - who serves as ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - also takes a swipe at the Pharmaceutical Traceability Enhancement Code (RxTEC) system enshrined in the Securing Pharmaceutical Distribution Integrity Act of 2012, saying that it is a "less robust, and less secure, supply chain infrastructure.""

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Cardinal Health ends DEA inquiry with settlement

The Associated Press: Cardinal Health ends DEA inquiry with settlement:

"Pharmaceutical wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc. said Tuesday one of its Florida facilities will be barred from shipping controlled substances for two years under a settlement with federal authorities over alleged ineffective controls.

The Lakeland, Fla., facility will remain open and other operations will continue under the agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Cardinal Health also intends to improve procedures that are designed to prevent prescription drugs from being abused.

The Dublin, Ohio, company said the DEA is not planning to take further actions against other Cardinal Health facilities."

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012

California Board of Pharmacy - License Renewal

Don't get caught scrambling!  Make sure you start the renewal process no later than 4 weeks before your license expires.

CA Board of Pharmacy:
"I did not receive my renewal notice and my license is coming up for renewal. What do I do? 
Approximately six weeks before the expiration date of your license, a renewal application will be mailed to your last known address of record. Licensees are responsible for renewing their licenses even if they do not receive a renewal notice. The board does not send duplicate renewal applications.   
If you have not received the renewal notice within 4 weeks of expiration of the license, you may renew your license by submitting a Request for Renewal form. Do not submit a renewal request more than 60 days before the expiration date of the license. 
A renewal request form may be viewed and printed by clicking on the appropriate license type below: . . . "
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Medicare billing flagged at 4 percent of U.S. pharmacies

The HHS report singled out several areas of the country where pharmacies irregularly billed Medicare with extremely high amounts per beneficiary. For instance, in Miami, nearly one in five pharmacies had questionable billings in 2009.

Medicare billing flagged at 4 percent of U.S. pharmacies: government | Reuters:

"The Office of Inspector General (OIG) examined billing records from 2009, the most recent full-year data was available. Government inspectors used eight measures to review the pharmacies, including average amount billed per beneficiary, average amount billed per prescriber and percentage of prescriptions for painkillers and other controlled substances that have the potential to be abused.

In total, 2,637 retail pharmacies were found to have exceeded the threshold that indicated extremely high billing for at least one of the eight measures."

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