[NPInfo] re: Costco

[mfnp at cox.net]

No Gail, this is not because of a new employee, but Costco seems to have 
picked some of the most judgmental and unpersonable pharmacists out of 
any other chain that I have heard about. NPs and PAs need to be careful 
because their personnel are very quick to file reports to BONs and the 
DEA. I am not only a victim from them, but when my attorney did some 
checking, she was surprised at how frequently, and the overt pattern, 
that seems to be related to Costco, and Costco alone. They also seem to 
focus more on PAs and NPs, more so then Docs.

So far can not prove whether there is a relationship of Docs and Costco, 
or is this just an amazing coincidence, but it is real. I have talked to 
many pts and providers that were caught in their "web", and once caught 
the legal nightmares, especially under the speed the legal system moves, 
is something no one should experience. It has already ruined slightly 
over a dozen NPs that I am aware of, and that is only the ones that have 
been identified and willing to talk about it. How many others is a 
guess, so the only thing I can say to everyone is to be careful and I 
have suggested my patients stay away from Costco's Pharmacies, which I 
add to other chains that there is a pattern of shorting pts of total 
amount of medication prescribed. This last part is not new since 
Walgreens paid the Feds a hefty fine a year or so ago for this scam, and 
Fry's seems to be another. Marty

GIN11153 at aol.com wrote:
> I have never had a problem with my hubby picking up my presciptions at  
> Costco. Must have been a new employee, Rosemarie
>  
> Gail
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