Everyone really needs to read this! This stuff is CRAZY!
I have been on a mission for about the last week trying to find out the ins and outs of how PMP systems are operated. More specifically, how the NarX scores are tabulated.
If you have a bad credit score at a credit reporting agency that’s unfair, you can file an addendum to the bad report that will allow future creditors will see when they are seeing if they want to issue you some credit. No such avenue exists in this situation with our NarX scores.
The algorithms used to figure out scores are proprietary. Nobody can explain how they are tabulated. Not even doctors or pharmacists know exactly how it is done. They just know the general things that the scores reflect, like numbers of pharmacies or doctors that are used, specific drugs used in the catagories, etc. Not even the Texas Department of Public Safety, that administers the PMP program, knows how they are tabulated. The filled prescriptions part of the PMP program is the main body of of the system, but the NarX scores part of the system is an adjacent part of the PMP that is done through a private for-profit company called Bamboo. Their algorithm is private (proprietary). They won’t divulge how the scores are tabulated.
I can pay $50 for my PMP record from the state but it won’t include my current NarX scores, or what they have been, to where I can ascertain what the scores have done through time to get a sense of how they work. My report would only tell me of the prescriptions I’ve filled in the last two years, which is useless because I know what I’ve gotten.
While I’ve been investigating this, I’ve been made aware of the “social credit system” used in China where if you do things that show you are a good communist, your score will be higher, and anything considered not being a good communist causes lower scores. There’s nothing that a citizen can do to combat what their score is. This NarX scoring part of the PMP system IS THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF THING! This should concern everyone.
There are three categories in Texas. They are opiate, sedative, and stimulant. Plus, there is also an overall score that supposedly expresses what your chances are to die by accidental overdose. My opiate score is 420. My sedative score is 491. On both of these scores, the last number indicates the amount of prescriptions you have filled in the last month. “0” indicates none, and “1” indicates one prescription. That part of the scoring is researchable, but there the list ends. My stimulant score must be 0 because the pharmacist said the first two categories are all he sees besides the next score of 300. My overall chance of overdose score is 300. These scores go from 0 - 990.
Does anyone reading this know of any other little things that these systems do that tabulate NarX scores, or what my specific scores mean? I’m attempting to collect all the info I can about this bullshit system of prescription TYRANNY that I live under in the US, and more specifically, the state of Texas.
TIA…
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| NarX Score Collective Project |
I’d like to put together a project for the NarX scores that we are forced to live under. Both my doctor, and a pharmacist, told me my current NarX scores. I can’t find out what the scores have been, from month to month, for the last two years, which is reportedly as far back as these PMP records go back. I’m certain older stuff doesn’t get expunged like they claim, though.
I’d like for us to get our scores as they are upon picking up our medicine, and then post them on this thread, so we can start to see how they change over time. Like I said, the pharmacist had no issues with telling me what they are. This will give all of us that are concerned about this tyrannical discriminatory system, an idea of how they work, and by extension, show us why we may be having the troubles we have with getting the care we are being denied.
Even if nobody wants to participate, I will be logging my scores on this thread monthly, but I hope we have more input from others. We’ll know about this stuff much quicker with more participation.
My scores right now are:
1. Opiate = 420
2. Sedative = 491
3. Stimulant = 0
4. Overall score that reflects the chances of me dying by accidental OD = 300
(After this entry #4 will be denoted using “OD” for now on.)
I hope y’all join in this quest with me.
