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Prescription Assistance for Your Patients
Do you have patients who are having trouble paying for medicine? The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) can help. Sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and its member companies, PPA...
Read MorePrescription Drug Diversion video
The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy has produced a new video to help identify the warning signs of prescription drug diversion. The video, Red Flags, can be viewed on the Board’s website at http://www.pharmacy.ohio.gov...
Read MoreDEA new Schedule IV Classifications
Effective August 18th, a United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) ruling that tramadol and products containing tramadol will be classified as Schedule IV controlled substances, (this supersedes a new rule adopted by the Ohio...
Read MoreChange in Ohio Revised Code
A change in the Ohio Revised Code, as required by HB 483, permits a prescriber or their delegate to request information from the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) relating to the mother of...
Read MoreSingle Accreditation System for GME
The AOA House of Delegates voted, July 19, to support a decision by the AOA Board of Trustees to pursue a new, single accreditation system for graduate medical education. The historic vote came after...
Read MoreNew AOA President from Ohio
Robert S. Juhasz, DO, of Cleveland, was installed as the 118th president of the American Osteopathic Association, July 19, during the AOA House of Delegates in Chicago. Juhasz, who serves as president of Cleveland...
Read MorePress Release – Dr. Kominiarek
The Low T Book A Recipe for Success to Improve Your Strength Energy Libido & Fitness. Dr. Rob Kominiarek, D.O., co-author of The Low T Book will be speaking at The AMMG (Age Management...
Read MoreMedicaid primary care incentive expiration alert
Public Policy Alert – July 30, 2014 Unless Congress acts, the Medicaid primary care incentive that pays physicians at Medicare rates for providing primary care to Medicaid patients will expire in December. Tell your...
Read MoreMERS-CoV
IC ALERT: MERS-CoV – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ≈ Healthcare providers should obtain a travel history from every new patient Evaluate patients: ASK PATIENT ABOUT TRAVEL History to or from countries in or...
Read MoreProviders Orientation Flight candidates
On behalf of Major General Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio’s Adjutant General, we invite you to be considered for participation in the 2014 Ohio National Guard Healthcare Provider Orientation Flight at Rickenbacker Air National Guard...
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