tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post7137442439861480525..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Cloudy Aspects of the Physician Payment Sunshine ActDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-44848596807311528062013-09-06T16:36:10.669-05:002013-09-06T16:36:10.669-05:00It appears tedious, but this is a start in account...It appears tedious, but this is a start in accountability. Everyone must endure the consequences of a few individuals. How many physicians actually invest in pharma company because a rep gave them a great lunch, and they are now inclined to prescribe this treatment inappropriately for every single patient to increase pharma company stock value?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14971423340332003902013-08-28T16:28:08.528-05:002013-08-28T16:28:08.528-05:00Oh Wes, didn't your mother teach you that anyt...Oh Wes, didn't your mother teach you that anything with the word "Act" in it does not bode well for the group being "Acted" upon. medicine for realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709680043384543123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10035002102894542992013-08-27T17:15:57.017-05:002013-08-27T17:15:57.017-05:00It's not clear from this piece: do you think t...It's not clear from this piece: do you think that doctors should be receiving benefits from pharma reps? I work in IT, not medicine, and we're required to report vendor donations for anything above the cost of a pen or mug and vendor-funded lunches would be out of the question.<br /><br />What do patients gain from allowing pharma vendors to lobby physicians? I think though many think Chip McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319703596191461695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13185759380576322852013-08-25T13:41:16.219-05:002013-08-25T13:41:16.219-05:00Dr Wes
Your piece on reporting physician lunches ...Dr Wes<br /><br />Your piece on reporting physician lunches is perhaps the best you have written, and that is saying something. <br /><br />It is only right that insurers now keep a list of names of those they hand pens to in Walmart to lure them into signing up with a given company.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311075163693510609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-37080029351944400382013-08-25T13:05:05.255-05:002013-08-25T13:05:05.255-05:00Wes,
As physicians increasingly become disempower...Wes,<br /><br />As physicians increasingly become disempowered and marginalized in this cyclopean healthcare matrix, allow me to pose, in all seriousness, the following rhetorical question: <br /><br />At what point does continued engagement in a "calling" become a mental illness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-53974092745736847842013-08-24T14:09:19.662-05:002013-08-24T14:09:19.662-05:00This administration and in particular Obama with h...This administration and in particular Obama with his statements about doctors cutting off patient's legs to make $50, $60 thousand dollars is enamored with besmirching physicians. The Sunshine Act is the continuation of the policy to blame doctors for doing their jobs. <br /><br />I have warned the reps who visit me that I am not taking anything of value nor should they report me. For Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com