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| They’re Watching You: a blog from inside the emergency department |
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by WhiteCoat - June 24, 2011
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Provided by WhiteCoat’s Call Room
If you are prescribed any type of controlled substances from a physician, your name is on a database somewhere – pharmacy, insurance company, possibly a state database. When you start filling more prescriptions for controlled substances than average, your name may just have a little asterisk at the end of it.
Even insurance companies are getting more involved in preventing narcotic addiction and or diversion.
Below is part of a letter I received from Blue Cross regarding a patient who had received narcotic pain medications from more than three different physicians.
To read the rest of this article, CLICK HERE to visit WhiteCoat's Call Room.
WhiteCoat is a middle-aged ED physician who likes computers, martial arts, and taking pictures of sunsets. He has an amazing wife who willingly puts up with all of his idiosyncrasies and four great kids who don’t have any choice. Despite all of his whining, he couldn’t see himself doing anything else but practicing medicine.
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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