KALERA ASHLEY was thinking about Re: Help! Ideas Needed. and keyed into 
cyberspace:
KA>MP> KA>What disturbs me most is how many GPs are willing to prescribe
KA>MP> KA>these  medications with little or no background in diagnosis
KA>MP> KA>and treatment of the  conditions for which they are
KA>MP> appropriate. 
KA>MP> How do you know that there are so **many** GPs who do this? 
KA>Insurance company policy.
KA>After observing it a couple of times, I asked my doctor. Aetna, among
KA>other  insurance carriers, discourages GPs from doing referrals and
KA>actually offers  kickbacks for NOT doing referrals, so many doctors
KA>are in the uncomfortable  position of being unofficially pressured to
KA>prescribe medications they aren't  really qualified to prescribe.
It really isn't a "kick back". What it is a a profit sharing pool. If a 
GP over refers, for anything, then the pool is depleted and they do not 
get to share in the balance when the year is over. 
That practice has become illegal in several states (NY included, and I 
lobbied actively for it). There is a bill in Congress that would ban it 
nationwide. 
               The Few. The Proud. The Chosen.
                     markprobe@aol.com
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