The co. Pres. speaks again. 2 days in a row. That's a record. Sounds good though.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug 6, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Equity Technologies & Resources, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCR) President, Frank Dickey, said today that a year long investigation of prescription drug diversion schemes, in six states, would not take nearly so long if the patent-pending Verified Prescriptions Safeguards(TM) real time monitoring system was being utilized.
"We have the system capability to monitor prescription drug diversion," emphasized Dickey, "protect ethical, lawful physicians, pharmacists, and patients, alert regulators to potential criminal activity and save the taxpayers millions of dollars." More than a dozen Federal agencies and scores of state and local law enforcement officials have been conducting the investigation for more than a year in Kentucky, Maine, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. An investigation of two Northern Virginia physicians indicates patients may be fraudulently obtaining painkillers from as far away as California, Oregon and Louisiana. "By monitoring scheduled prescriptions, in real time with the VPS(TM) system, fraudulent and abusive patterns would be instantly identified. This will enable our law enforcement resources to be utilized much more efficiently," Dickey added.
"Use of the VPS(TM) system would have detected this activity and information with the stroke of a finger," Dickey said. "The doctors and pharmacists would have known, and the regulator would have received this information in real time, allowing for swift, appropriate action if illegal activity was involved."
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events. While these statements reflect the Company's best current judgment, they are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ significantly from projected results due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to assumptions beliefs and opinions relating to the business and growth strategy of Equity Technologies & Resources, Inc. and it's wholly owned subsidiary Verified Prescription Safeguards, Inc., and implementation thereof, based upon the Company's interpretation and analysis of financial and market conditions, the decisions of businesses with whom the Company is either engaged in business with or negotiating, healthcare industry trends and management's ability to successfully finance, develop, market, sell and implement its e- commerce and internet solutions, clinical and financial e-transaction services and software applications to physicians, pharmacies, governmental agencies, laboratories, insurance companies, HMO's, and payers. These factors and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements. |
