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3rd Annual Scientific Meeting We had a great 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting! Thank you to all of you attended. Speaker slides have been posted!

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How Will the Closed Formulary Impact Your Pain Practice Closed Formulary in the Workers Compensation System The 79th Texas Legislature passed House Bill 7, which amended Texas Labor Code §408.028 concerning Pharmaceutical Services. The pertinent provisions stated:  “The commissioner by rule shall adopt a closed formulary under Section 413.011.  Rules adopted by the commissioner shall allow an appeals process for claims in which a treating doctor determines and documents that a drug not included in the formulary is necessary to treat an injured employee’s compensable injury.” The formulary goes into effect this September

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Prescription Drug Card This program is being provided to you and your family to help lower your prescription drug cost. You will receive access to savings of up to 75% (discounts average roughly 30%) at more than 54,000 national and regional pharmacies. This program has “LOWEST PRICE” logic to guarantee that you get the best deal on your prescriptions. (You pay the lower of a discount off Average Wholesale Price-AWP, discount off MAC Pricing, or Pharmacy Promotional/Retail Price.)

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Controlled Substance Log Books The Texas Controlled Substance Act makes no differentiation between samples and medicine ordered from a drug wholesaler or pharmacy. ALL controlled substances must be accounted for in a log book (numbered and bound) in addition to entries in the patient’s medical chart. Click here for more information 

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Prescription Monitoring in Texas by Krista R. Crockett, Executive Director, Texas Pain Society
The idea and implementation of a prescription monitoring program is not new to Texas, in fact the Texas Prescription Program (TPP) was created by the Texas Legislature in 1982 to monitor Schedule II controlled substance prescriptions.The need for a prescription monitoring program has increased dramatically in recent years due to what is being dubbed “generation Rx”. According to the DEA (drug fact sheet) nearly 1 in 10 high school seniors admits to abusing powerful prescription painkillers. A shocking 40 percent of teens and an almost equal number of their parents think abusing prescription painkillers is safer than abusing "street" drugs. Prescription pain relievers are new drug users’ drug of choice, vs. marijuana or cocaine.
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The Texas Pain Society is a non-profit organization of over 300 pain practitioners that are involved in acute and chronic pain management of patients in Texas.

The Texas Pain Society represents the practice of pain medicine in Texas with a seat on the Texas Medical Association’s House of Delegates.

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