We have that ability so we can do a deeper dive. In looking at the population usage of potentially for a simple therapy pilot, we know a lot of our opioid usage or those with musculoskeletal injuries but what cause we dont know and we looked at it by not job code but department and not necessarily the trades. Well share that with you. The other thing is if its coming from an active injury and i think paige alluded to this it would be under workmans comp and wouldnt be in our numbers. A lot of the questions you ask will come back. Commissioner very good. Thank you. Thank you, paige. We have blue shield, is it . Yes, it is blue shield. Good afternoon. Commissioner good afternoon. Im the director of clinical pharmaceutical programs at blue shield. Im a pharmacist by profession. So you can answer some of the questions. And i want to, today, for having a chance to talk about our narcotic safety initiative. Its a passion project for us, a Passion Program for us. Basically in 2014 we started
He did not go over those areas one time. They went over them four times. The tsa standing by the agent. What should you expect the next time you take your kids to the airport . And rokerthon rolls on. It was boomer sooner in oklahoma. [ gunshot ] all right. Wildcat pride at northern michigan. The largest game of freeze tag. And al is planning more fun at his newest stop, with lots of volunteers to help him out, today, wednesday, march 29th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Weve been having a lot of fun with al this week. The weather is a very serious story this morning. It is breaking news this morning. Got a new round of violent storms spawning tornadoes, large hail and very high winds in texas. Nbcs Tammy Leitner is in dallas for us this morning. Tammy, take it away. Reporter good morning, matt. Overnight, a line of storms swept across te
Good morning. Good morning, savannah. Lets get to some of the headlines in the news. At the top, this issue of russia, the investigation being held by the intelligence committee. Youre a former prosecutor. I want to call on that expertise. Given what we know about devin nunes, that he went to the white house, in the midst of an investigation of the white house, can he stay in that job . Does he need to step down and recuse himself to maintain credibility . Thats a judgment for him to make. The intelligence committees on the house and the senate side, have been set up to be bipartisan. And they are bipartisan. And i think theyve done a great job over the years in investigating matters and ov overseeing the intelligence committee. But has he shot that by virtue of his actions . He goes to the white house in the middle of this investigation and wont say who let him in. Savannah, i dont think he shot that credibility thats been developed over three decades on these intelligence committees
It takes to fight this epidemic. We will attack supply, we will work to reduce demand, we will do our best to empower communities. I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you and look forward to answering any questions you have. Again, well get to questions after all the witnesses. Let me recognize ms. Enomoto, the deputy administrator for Substance Abuse Mental Health services at the department of health and human services. Welcome. Youre recognized. Thank you. Good morning, acting chairman mica. Good morning, Ranking Member cummings and members of the committee. I am the Principal Deputy administrator and honored to have been delegated the authorities of the administrator by secretary burwell. Many thanks to all of you for your leadership to raise awareness and catalyze action on the nations opioid crisis. As you have noted, this truly is a matter of life or death. I know Prescription Drugs, heroin and illicit fentanyl has devastating consequences in your districts. I know t
Weinstein controversy renewing discussions on why Donald Trumps accusers speaking out had such different results. And did republicans like bob corker wait too long to confront trump. George will is calling mike pence a sycophantic poodle who know longer realizes extent of his Rachel Maddow will be here with me on the beat tomorrow night to talk about exclusive report we have on one of Vladimir Putins foes. Important topics. But now to our top story. Donald Trump Holding impromptu press conference. Made news and drama. Served up a false claim that president obama didnt call families of Fallen Soldiers and taunted hillary clinton. Hillary, please run again. Talking about the stalled gop agenda in congress and who should be blamed. I have great relationships with many senators but in particular with most republican senators. But were not getting the job done. Im not going to blame myself to be honest. Theyre not getting the job done. Please, be honest. Trump also pushing blame wherever he