[NPInfo] Costco

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Charles "Charlie" Burnett
Senior Vice President of Pharmacy
Costco Corporate Offices
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, Washington? 98027

2nd Corporate office listed on the net as:

4455 Morena Blvd
San Diego, California? 92117


Winifred Carson-Smith, Esq.
CarsonCompany, LLC
www.CarsonCo.net 
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202-232-5193
202-232-5194(fax)


-----Original Message-----
From: David Mittman <dmittman at advancedprac.com>
To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>
Cc: PAForum at sunrae.nurse.net; ACC Circle Circle <ACC-Circle at listserve.com>
Sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 9:43 pm
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Costco


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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