DEA 222 Tracker.
An app idea for independent pharmacies.
Logs and flags DEA 222 forms for controlled substance purchases so pharmacy owners can reconcile orders without digging through paper files during an audit.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Independent pharmacy owner
- The problem
- Owners keep 222 forms in a drawer and only find out something is missing when an auditor asks. Lost or misfiled forms mean a call to a DEA field agent and a paper trail nobody can reconstruct.
- The gap
- The DEA offers CSOS for electronic ordering and paper forms for everyone else, but nothing tracks which form number went to which supplier, when it was executed, and whether the goods arrived. Titan Group's guide lists exactly these failure modes as common.
- Already out there
- DEA CSOS deadiversion.usdoj.gov
Electronic ordering for Schedule I and II. It replaces the paper form but does not give an independent pharmacy a simple reconciliation log across suppliers.
- Titan Group DEA Form 222 guide titangroupdea.com
A written guide listing mistakes like mixing forms from multiple locations and failing to keep a numbered list. It is advice, not a tool.
- DEA CSOS deadiversion.usdoj.gov
- People asking for it
- Titan Group 222 guide titangroupdea.com
Lists common failures: leaving unused forms unlocked, not keeping a list of each form's unique number, mixing forms from multiple locations.
- r/pharmacy DEA 222 thread reddit.com
Pharmacist posts about a 222 form that went missing and was mailed back, asking how to get it back.
- Student Doctor lost 222 thread forums.studentdoctor.net
New manager threw out two 222 forms with errors and does not know whether to contact a DEA field agent.
- Titan Group 222 guide titangroupdea.com
- The big assumption
- Independent pharmacy owners will pay for a log when the DEA already gives them a free paper process and CSOS.
- Test it this week
- Call ten independent owners you know and ask to see their 222 file. Count how many can produce a numbered list of forms on the spot.
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