More specifically, can the doctor claim and receive reimbursement for those drugs from an insurance company?
2007-05-22 08:52:18 · 9 answers · asked by dcdc1211 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
a doctor shouldn't be selling you drugs at all. that's a major conflict of interest - only a pharmacy should be selling you the drugs.
that rule is specifically to prevent doctors from overprescribing medications. if a doc know he was going to make more money if he prescribed more medicine, he'd probably be prescribing a lot of unnecessary stuff, right?
2007-05-23 06:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by belfus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana should be legal in all forms. Funny thing is, if any of the politicians were serious about global warming and "going green" to save the planet, marijuana would be legal. Did you know Henry Ford build the first Model T to run on hemp oil? Oil from a weed that takes now fertilizers, not much water, and doesn't destroy the soil. That same marijuana (hemp) make better, stronger fibers than cotton, which is so destructive to our environment? That marijuana is better for most ailments than any of the chemicals that the pharmaceuticals would have us hooked on? You can get 4 times the paper from an acre of Hemp (marijuana) as upi can from an acre of trees? Ahh, but then we'll all be running around stoned, won't we? Funny thing is, even the hemp (marijuana) that doesn't get you buzzed is illegal. We spend billions each year fighting the World War on Drugs, which we will never win. The government should get smart, repeal the prohibition and tax the hell out of it. It would cut the budget shortfall fast. One of these days, Washington will wake up. Oh yea, and finally, there has never been a documented case of cancer or death from the use of marijuana, no matter what some of the other idiots would have you believe.
2016-05-20 02:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samples are often labelled "Not for Resale." It's illegal in many jurisdictions and certainly unethical.
Insurance reimbursement of most medication administered in the office is close to zilch. You're lucky if you recoup the cost of the medication, much less the cost of the syringe, needle and RN time to give it and enter it in the record.
2007-05-22 09:05:15 · answer #3 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. The pharmaceutical companies give doctors free samples to drum up business. I don't understand how a doctor could be billing insurance for it, but it's not legal.
2007-05-22 09:11:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well from my understanding don't we pay doctors to GIVE us PRESCRIPTIONS for medicines.
2007-05-22 09:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To sell them?? No, but he can give them to you as a gift (if they are what you are being prescribed).
2007-05-22 08:54:40 · answer #6 · answered by jcann17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They're even labelled "Not for Sale."
2007-05-22 15:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way! That is considered FRAUD
2007-05-22 09:00:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's fraudulent.
2007-05-22 08:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋