[NPInfo] Costco

[David Mittman]

You should be invoiced.
I'll forward this to our mgmt person.
Thanks always,
Dave

On Mar 8, 2008, at 9:32 PM, Rose Moran-Kelly wrote:

> Ps...when do we know when our dues are "due again"?  Rose
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Rose Moran-Kelly  
> <rosemorankelly at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Very nice! Rose
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:07 PM, David Mittman  
>> <dmittman at advancedprac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> See below letter to COSTCO. Has anyone else encountered any  
>>> problems?
>>> Dave
>>> Hello:
>>> I am a physician assistant (PA)and a PRESCRIBER for many, many  
>>> years.
>>> I am also a very satisfied COSTCO member. I am involved in an
>>> organization made up of nurse practitioners and PAs. As I am sure  
>>> you
>>> know there are 180,000-200,000 of us prescribing in all 50 states.
>>> Our association has received reports that the COSTCO pharmacists are
>>> quick to not want to work as colleagues with PAs and NPs, quick to
>>> report their prescribing of pain medicines (even when totally
>>> appropriate) and more. We are asking other members if there is a
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Who is the Chief Pharmacist(s) of COSTCO? Could we meet with them  
>>> for
>>> some training on NPs and PAs?
>>> We do not want this to escalate?
>>>
>>> Please let us know.
>>> Dave Mittman, PA
>>> Secretary
>>> American College of Clinicians
>>> www.amcollege.org
>>> dmittman at comcast.net
>>> On Mar 8, 2008, at 6:43 PM, mfnp at cox.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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