Medical Office Procedures Case Study

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Linda Grice
Medical Office Procedures Unit 2 Discussion

Explain why pharmaceutical representatives leave samples of expensive medications with physicians.

Pharmaceutical representatives try to push their product on physicians so they will prescribe the name brand instead of the generic brand. Many pharmaceuticals were giving physicians kickbacks. What a test of integrity for a physician. Will the physician have the best interest of their patient at heart or will they try to prescribe a medication without researching the quality, and side effects before prescribing it to their patients in lieu of kickbacks?
Supposedly Healthcare Reform is curbing kickback to physicians from pharmaceuticals.

What is a formulary, and how do insurance companies