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Ohio pharmacy board members seem skeptical of CVS claims
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.
A disciplinary hearing related to understaffing at some CVS pharmacies in Ohio didn’t come to a conclusion Wednesday. But members of the Ohio Board of Pharmacy seemed skeptical of some of claims attorneys for the corporation were making.
The hearing, which began on Tuesday, was specifically about problems Board of Pharmacy inspectors found at a CVS in Canton when they visited on Sept. 13, 2021. They found a pharmacy so understaffed that the inside counter was closed, stock — including controlled substances — hadn’t been shelved, and customers had to wait in a drive-through line that could take more than an hour to get through and still end with patients not getting their medicine.
Inspectors found that it took almost two weeks for the overwhelmed pharmacy to fill many prescriptions. And on a follow-up call a month later, they were told the backlog for some was a full month.
The pharmacy board, the state’s regulator, could levy fines against CVS, or it could revoke its license for store No. 2063 in Canton. But the hearing has implications well beyond that.
The hearing could be the first of about a dozen for Ohio CVS stores the Board of Pharmacy has issued citations against. In August, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said his office would start asking questions about the problems. In addition, pharmacy workers in other states have told the Capital Journal about potential safety problems associated with understaffing at CVS stores there.
CVS has said that the problems found at the Canton store were the result of the COVID 19 pandemic. They were testing and vaccinating and filling prescriptions at a time when it was hard to find an adequate number of workers.
But on Wednesday, some of the lawyerly tactics used by CVS’s attorneys didn’t seem to sit well with members of the pharmacy board, most of whom are pharmacists themselves.
Witnesses who worked in the CVS store in Canton said it took way too long in 2021 to fill prescriptions because there weren’t nearly enough workers and that CVS corporate officials weren’t helping. CVS attorney Kristina Dahmann has tried to cast doubt on those claims by repeatedly pointing out that Ohio pharmacy rules don’t set minimum staffing levels, nor do they say how long is too long to wait for your prescription to be filled.
In the wake of the CVS inspections, the board in August proposed a sweeping set of new regulations to address those problems by giving pharmacists more power to make store-level staffing decisions and by requiring that the vast majority of scripts be filled within 72 hours.
But at one point on Wednesday, board member T.J. Grimm brushed Dahmann’s arguments aside in favor of the obvious.
“If you walked into one of my stores and I had 15 people working and they were a month behind (filling prescriptions) would you consider that to be adequate staffing?” Grimm asked pharmacy board inspector Kimberly Hollingshead, who helped write the report about deficiencies at CVS store No. 2063.
A day earlier, board member N. Victor Goodman, a lawyer, seemed aghast after a former technician at the store, Haille Stanick, testified. She said that Dahmann had called her and told her that since Stanick no longer lived in Ohio, she didn’t have to respond to the Board of Pharmacy’s subpoena.
Dahmann made a similar maneuver on Wednesday.
Henry Appel, principal assistant Ohio attorney general, is prosecuting CVS in the administrative proceeding. He wants to subpoena the company’s custodian of records in an attempt to get copies of written communications between the Canton CVS’s pharmacy manager and her supervisors as problems spiraled in late 2021.
Dahmann resisted first by refusing to give the records custodian’s name out of concerns for “personal confidentiality.” She then argued that some of the relevant CVS entities are “foreign” companies domiciled in Rhode Island and Connecticut and thus are not subject to subpoenas from Ohio’s pharmacy regulator.
Appel scoffed at the claim.
“CVS is apparently enough of an Ohio presence to operate dozens of stores,” he told the board. “They got licenses from you to operate pharmacies all over the state, but they don’t have enough contact with Ohio that when you want to get a copy of their communications, you can get them.”
Dahmann on Wednesday tried to push back on other testimony from Tuesday by citing the letter of Board of Pharmacy rules.
Stanick, the former technician, testified that at one point at the harried end of 2021, the Canton store accidentally gave a patient a hypnotic sedative when she had a prescription for cholesterol medication. Stanick said it could have been a disaster if the patient unknowingly took the sedative and got behind the wheel.
After testimony Tuesday that CVS never reported the mistake to the Board of Pharmacy, Dahmann on Wednesday questioned whether the company had a duty to report it. Board Member Anthony Buchta Sr. asked Lisa Dietsche, the inspectors’ supervisor, when a pharmacy has a duty to report such mistakes.
Dietche said that if the patient wasn’t harmed, CVS probably didn’t have to report the error. But she added that since generic ambien is a controlled substance, CVS probably did have a duty to report that.
The hearing won’t resume until the board’s December meeting at the earliest.
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Ohio Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Midday winning numbers for Nov. 25, 2024
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Ohio (OHSAA) high school football playoff brackets, matchups, game times (11/13/2024)
The 2024 Ohio high school playoffs are on to the regional final as four teams remain in each division.
High School on SI has brackets for every division of Ohio high school football for you to keep track of all the playoff matchups.
>>Ohio high school football brackets
District brackets are below. All games are on November 29.
St. Edward vs. Olentangy Liberty
Archbishop Moeller vs. Centerville
Big Walnut vs. Anderson
Archbishop Hoban vs. Avon
Bishop Watterson vs. London
Ursuline vs. Central Catholic
Taft vs. Indian Valley
Perkins vs. Glenville
Liberty Center vs. South Range
Ironton vs. West Liberty-Salem
Kirtland vs. Northmor
Coldwater vs. Bluffton
Hillsdale vs. Danville
Marion Local vs. Coloumbus Grove
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Ohio State football should not feel bad about not taking a knee against Indiana | Oller
Taking a knee to the privates typically hurts more than not taking a knee to the artificial turf, but in Indiana, Las Vegas and some parts of Buckeye Nation, “kneelgate” blew up loud and long over the weekend, causing pain, disdain and a “What’s the big deal?’’ refrain.
To refresh: Ohio State led Indiana 31-15 Saturday when Buckeyes tailback TreVeyon Henderson broke off a 39-yard run with 1:11 left in the game. If Henderson had scored, instead of intentionally sliding to a stop at the 1-yard line, the points margin would have ballooned to 23 points “organically,” the issue of what to do next would be moot and controversy would have been avoided.
Instead, after Henderson gave himself up so that OSU could take more time off the clock by running a few more plays, coach Ryan Day approved back-to-back quarterback sneaks instead of having Will Howard take a knee in a standard expression of sportsmanship.
Howard was stopped for no gain on first-and-goal, but scored on second down with 35 seconds left.
Uh-oh. A lot of Indiana fans took umbrage with Day’s decision – IU coach Curt Cignetti shrugged it off as OSU’s coach doing what he thought the team needed at the moment – while Ohio State fans were mixed, with a majority supporting Day’s decision. Those with no skin in the game either scratched their head when OSU scored, given their view on traditional run-out-the-clock protocols, or reasoned, “Isn’t the point of playing the game to score points?”
Then there are the gamblers, who I contend are the biggest source of the kerfuffle, like rabble rousers fanning flames of discontent among a simmering crowd. The over/under was 52.5 points, so bettors who wagered the teams would combine to score under that total were at first happy/thrilled/ecstatic when Henderson slid down short of the goal line, then equally disappointed/angry/outraged when OSU opted to run a QB sneak that bumped the points total to 53.
“Ryan Day cost me a lot of money,” a friend muttered Sunday into my mostly unsympathetic ear.
I promise you similar harrumphing could be heard across the country. And the harangues had nothing to do with sportsmanship and everything to do with selfish gain or “unfair” loss. Forgive me if I don’t play my sad trombone for these poor unfortunates.
Likewise, I’m not playing “What a shame” on my air violin for Indiana fans miffed by Day’s decision. I understand the frustration, but the overreaction is ridiculous. Put it this way: A lot of those crying foul over OSU scoring seven more points, as if some violent crime had been committed, saw nothing wrong with Cignetti saying Ohio State and Michigan “suck” when he addressed fans at an IU basketball game in December. I can hear it now: “Aw shucks, coach was just trying to pump up the crowd and build a more intimidating culture.”
My take? I found Cignetti’s “insult” more funny than offensive, but if you’re going to call out an opponent for sucking, you better prepare to have the putdown put down your throat when that opponent gets a chance.
After Saturday’s game, Day said he wanted to put an “exclamation point on the win.” Left unsaid: “Our honor defend, we will fight to the end … .” Day sent a message not to mess with the Buckeyes. Was it a case of faux toughness on display? Perhaps, but when your team has been labeled as soft for four years, you tend to take it personally. Given a chance to do something about it, you act.
I value sportsmanship, and push come to shove would have preferred Howard take a knee, but I won’t get bent out of shape about it. For one thing, the Associated Press and College Football Playoff ranking systems factor scoring margin into their thinking. For another, this was a game between two top-five teams, not OSU vs. Olentangy Liberty. The quality of the opponent doesn’t completely release a coach from pouring on points, but it does factor into the circumstances.
Indiana wants to be taken seriously as a national contender? Great, then stop whining. Or stop Ohio State at the goal line.
Jameis Winston brings joy and fun to football
After 40 years of writing about sports, it is easier to become jaded by the coaches and athletes who play the games, which is why I am delighted by Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston.
Winston’s enthusiasm for football and excitement about his faith, mixed with a dynamic personality, makes him my newest favorite athlete.
The 30-year-old man-child is part preacher, part circus clown (not in a creepy way) and part cheerleader. He also is good enough to start, although admittedly that is a fairly low bar, considering who he plays for.
Winston has had his share of issues, both at Florida State, where in 2013 he won the Heisman Trophy, and at New Orleans, where last season he sabotaged his coach’s instructions during a game. But his joie de vivre is so intoxicating that it’s hard not to root for him.
Winston mic’d up during games is a must-listen, and his pregame and postgame interviews are as heartfelt as they are hilarious.
What resonates most about him, though, is his gratitude for being able to play a game that millions of fans would love to suit up and try. Winston’s attitude is refreshing, especially when compared to Deshaun Watson, whose dour disposition as a Browns quarterback leaves a lot to be desired.
Winston is not having a spectacular season filling in for the injured Watson – 62.2 completion percentage, 1,266 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions – but given a choice I’ll take him over Watson. Any guy willing to make snow angels on the field, like Winston did after Thursday’s 24-19 win against Pittsburgh, is OK by me.
Listening in
“I think 120 is a beautiful number, I think it’s very competitive. I think a cut is an integral part of our sport and I think it would be really cool to play Signature Events at 120 players over the 72. With eight tournaments, that’s 400 more playing opportunities.” – PGA Tour player Maverick McNealy after winning the RSM Classic Sunday, commenting on the recent decision by the tour to reduce field sizes.
Off-topic
I try to live by this travel rule: Don’t spend more time driving than hours awake at the travel destination. But sometimes it comes close. Like Thanksgiving week. My 15-hour drive to and from North Carolina, with stops, is only about two hours shorter than the time I’ll spend at the family farm near Chapel Hill. But seeing in-laws and my adult children – coming in from Oakland, Chicago and Brooklyn, New York – is well worth it.
roller@dispatch.com
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