Tag: prescription drugs
SMPD Participating In Take Back Day
SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Police Department is partaking in Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27. The event will transpire from 9:30 a.m. to...
How Exactly Is California Combating The Opioid Crisis In 2023
UNITED STATES—The opioid crisis in California, as with the rest of the United States, has had devastating effects on communities, families, and individuals. However,...
What Is Medicare’s “Creditable” Prescription Drug Coverage?
UNITED STATES—NOTE: This question originally ran in 2018 and the response has been updated with 2023 Medicare Part D information.
Hello Toni: I turned 65...
Will A Medicare Advantage Plan With Prescription Drugs Prevent “Extra” Part...
UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: I am turning 65 in October, self-employed and my income is over $250K. Recently I received a letter from SSA telling...
Medicare Part D Penalty Costs What??
UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: I made a terrible mistake last April when I was no longer covered by my employer group health plan due to...
Pharmacy Still Having Trouble Recovering After Being Looted
STUDIO CITY—Elements Pharmacy, located in a strip mall, was looted during the myriad of protests and riots that transpired throughout Los Angeles County following...
Will Medicare Advantage Plan With Prescription Drugs Prevent “Extra” Part D...
UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: I am turning 65 in July, self-employed and my income is over $250K. Recently, I received a letter from Social Security...
Is HSA Plan “Creditable,” Prescription Drug Part D Coverage?
UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: Turned 65 in August 2015, and continued to work full-time with an HSA that has a $3000.00 deductible before any prescriptions...
Is the Donut Hole Getting You!!
UNITED STATES—Toni: Last year, my mother got into the “donut hole” in October. I can see from the Part D statement she receives that...
DUI Checkpoint Nets 11 Arrests
MALIBU—On Friday, June 22, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Services Detail and the Malibu Lost Hills Station conducted a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint....
Jim Carrey Sued By Husband Of Dead Ex-Girlfriend
SHERMAN OAKS—On Monday, September 19, Jim Carrey was sued by Mark Burton, the husband of his former girlfriend, Cathriona White. Carrey is accused of illegally...
SMPD Partners With DEA For Drug Take Back
SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Police Department will collaborate with the Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday, April 30, with an initiative to prevent prescription drug abuse...
SMPD Offers Way To Dispose Of Prescription Drugs
SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Police Department has implicated a system that will assist people in disposing of their unused or expired prescription drugs in...
Doctor Pleads In Prescription Fraud Scheme
SANTA MONICA—Former Santa Monica doctor Daniel Shin, 50, pleaded no contest in court on August 5 to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Under...
