DEA Red Flags: Preventing Pharmacy White Flags & Pink Slips
This course will discuss how to provide patient care as a pharmacist while staying within the parameters of law described by many, yet clarified in black and white as the “DEA Red Flags”.
About this webinar
Our “Opioid Crisis” has numerous pharmacies and pharmacists being investigated by our Department of Justice (DOJ) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for flagged concerns regarding controlled substance dispensing. This is a key situation of an ounce of prevention (education) being worth a pound of treatment (criminal enforcement).
Will I lose my license? Just how far is too far? No one ever enjoys answers to difficult patient care scenarios being the cookie cutter answers of “differs patient to patient”. Yet, just how does one recommend to dispense medications as a pharmacist adhering to the Controlled Substance Act “corresponding responsibility” complimentary to prescribers while accounting for reasonable patient variations? Join us for a dynamic discussion on how to provide patient care as a pharmacist while staying within the parameters of law described by many, yet clarified in black and white as the “DEA Red Flags”.
Pharmacist Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:
Recall the “DEA Red Flags” for prescribers and dispensers, and explain how to respectfully proceed when misuse, abuse, or diversion is suspected and/or confirmed.
Recognize appropriate actions for a pharmacist related to the federal mandated corresponding responsibility to ensure the legitimate medical purpose and usual course of practice for any given prescription.
Recall appropriate substance-use disorder and drug diversion/abuse referral resources for patients and healthcare professionals alike.
Pharmacy Technicians Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:
Recall the “DEA Red Flags” for prescribers and dispensers, and explain how to respectfully proceed when misuse, abuse, or diversion is suspected and/or confirmed.
Recognize appropriate actions for a pharmacist related to the federal mandated corresponding responsibility to ensure the legitimate medical purpose and usual course of practice for any given prescription.
Recall appropriate substance-use disorder and drug diversion/abuse referral resources for patients and healthcare professionals alike.
