After undermining your authority to the patient (see part 1) the drug companies turn their powers of persuasion on your staff, covertly sneaking into your offices, bribing your staff with lunches and goodies. Based solely on personality your staff is swayed by the drug reps.
Archive for January, 2010
Everyone has seen numerous drug companies advertising their medications on T.V. with the list of side effects that sound far worse than any ailment they might treat. Read the rest of this entry »
Check out the observations made by doctors around the country and give us your take:
“If it’s necessary to respond to guidelines rather than what you see, feel and hear when you’re evaluating a person, then perhaps you’re going to do something that isn’t really the right thing.”
“We’re the bad guys now because we help people live to 85. So now we’re trying to change healthcare because people are living too long.”
“When you have an illness and you want an accurate diagnosis and treatment, you want a specialist, not a GP”
“Government is in the process of duplicating everything that managed care did for the last 15 years that was reviled by everybody.”
“We are now being told that we take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously.” (all quote come from Betsy McCaughey, Wall Street Journal, OpEd, Nov 6, 2009)
What do you think?
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I am baffled at the outrage the physician community is displaying. The number one complaint: The government in the exam room. What happened to the doctor / patient relationship? How can doctors provide effective treatment with limits? My question: Why are you concerned now?
A quick update on the type of things that the OIG is going after that are very easy for your office fall victim to. Do not let these violations happen to you!
The OIG alleged that a former physician failed to follow policies and procedures for claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for services provided by Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellows under her supervision. Specifically, the physician employee occasionally instructed Fellows to use pre-printed forms indicating that she accompanied the Fellows during patient visits. The physician employee used these forms at times when she was present during patient visits, as well as at times when she was not present.
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Everyone’s looking for someone to blame for the ills of our healthcare problems. Is it the insurance companies who pay their executives too much, or the patients who overuse the system, or is it the doctors’ themselves? Regardless of who is to blame, it is a certainty that doctors can play a major role in bringing positive changes to the problem. However, it can’t be business as usual. Read the rest of this entry »
