Currently the only way that us pharmacists get paid in a retail setting is by filling a prescription. The store makes zero dollars directly on phone calls, walk-in advice, or anything other than filling a prescription. Now I realize that being nice and giving advice = more patient support = more Rx’s for that patient [...]

If you’re a pharmacist, and reading this, you’re probably drunk (or hung over). I just had about 5 shots and a bottle of wine with a dentist friend of mine, so this might not make too much sense (im pretty hammered). But you’ll understand why (if you’re not a pharmacist) if you read this entry. [...]

Sorry I havent been posting much. This medicare part D bullshit has finally stopped hitting the fan, so now I have a breather. Things are pretty bad in the retail biz now. The reimbursement rates are a staggering low. I mean, i tip my fucking pizza boy more than I get paid for filling your [...]

After a nice relaxing dinner, a few drinks and a puff of some fine pipe tobacco, i’m ready to bitch more about Medicare Part D(iaster). Things are getting a bit better. Not by much, but a bit. However Argus/Prescription Solutions have totally screwed the pooch yet again. Their servers are STILL unable to handle the [...]

Welcome to the start of Week 2 of hell, er.. Medicare Part Diaster! Today we have a very very special award. It goes out to Prescription Solutions powered by PacifiCare. Today is the start of week 2, and my place of employment is STILL not enrolled in their Medicare part D program. Last week they [...]

Day two of the MediCare part D fiasco has come and gone. I must say, that this is the biggest clusterfuck in the last 40 years of pharmacy. For example: Argus Health Systems (a billion dollar company) had its servers taken down for some reason all day. Unfortunally Humara and HealthNet uses Argus’ servers to [...]

In the words of my boss: “More people will die because of MediCare Part D than Hurricane Katrina”. In the words of me: “This is a complete and utter clusterfuck”. Its horrible, examples: Patients are being sent to the pharmacy with cards that have the WRONG ID number on them, which forces us to call [...]