Comments on: Doctor Shopping http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/ A blog from inside the emergency department Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/#comment-81 Mark Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:52:48 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/doctor-shopping/#comment-81 Man, this has been a law here in Kentucky for quite some time now, at least since 01. We have a prescription monitoring program, KASPER. It keeps track of all scheduled medication precriptions that are turned in at pharmcies, who turns them in, the physician and the pharmacy (and drug.) Every single time a person turns in a script, be it for OxyContin, or Valium, it goes into a computer database. I’ve read that a lot of people have been arrested this way, it’s a class D felony here which of course is no joke, it’s not like getting a speeding ticket!

]]> By: Beachdoc http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/#comment-80 Beachdoc Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:21:19 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/doctor-shopping/#comment-80 Great blog!

Only problem with this is that you’d have to find someone willing to prosecute the jerk. “Give him a felony record for just getting some vicodin?” I can hear it now.

Great idea though!

]]> By: CMS Requires Tamper-Resistant Medicaid Prescriptions? Here’s A Better Solution. « WhiteCoat Rants http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/#comment-79 CMS Requires Tamper-Resistant Medicaid Prescriptions? Here’s A Better Solution. « WhiteCoat Rants Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:10:44 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/doctor-shopping/#comment-79 [...] different physicians to get multiple prescriptions for narcotics on tamper-resistant paper. Doctor shopping rears its ugly head again. Heck, I would even go to multiple pharmacies so I don’t raise the [...]

]]> By: PalMD http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/#comment-78 PalMD Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:52:29 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/doctor-shopping/#comment-78 In Michigan we have a state tracking system for narcotic prescriptions…in minutes i can pull up a record of every narc a patient has filled (at least under a particular name). It’s very handy to show to a patient. The state even occasionally sends out letters warning a doc of a patient’s suspicious behavior.

]]> By: Dr. WhiteCoat http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/#comment-77 Dr. WhiteCoat Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:27:19 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/doctor-shopping/#comment-77 Thanks for the support. Was a little hesitant to start ranting online, but positive comments like yours make it worth it!

]]> By: Future Doc http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2007/08/doctor-shopping/#comment-76 Future Doc Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:22:59 +0000 http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/doctor-shopping/#comment-76 Just found your blog. I really like your style and enjoy the funny stories from the ER. Keep on writing!

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