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This is the key passage: "..This system “uses algorithms to gather aggregate data on physician prescribing practices to identify physicians who demonstrate ext
by IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
This is the key passage:
"..This system “uses algorithms to gather aggregate data on physician prescribing practices to identify physicians who demonstrate extreme patterns of prescribing certain highly regulated drugs.” Any physician who gets “flagged” by CVS is then interviewed and investigated.
Did our client undergo an investigation before CVS took action against him?
No.
CVS did not look at medical records or charts, patient pharmacy profiles, or individual patient data. It did not talk to any patients. It did not conduct inspection of our client’s practice. It did not single out any prescription as illicit.
All it did was go by statistical data and a single phone call...."