BOB MOYLAN was thinking about Help! Ideas Needed. and keyed into 
cyberspace:
BM>Kalera Ashley (On 03 Mar 98) said this..? to Mark Probert
BM>MP> KA>What disturbs me most is how many GPs are willing to prescribe
BM>MP> KA>these medications with little or no background in diagnosis
BM>MP> KA>and treatment of the  conditions for which they are
BM>appropriate.  KA> MP>
BM>MP> How do you know that there are so **many** GPs who do this?
BM> KA> Insurance company policy.
BM> You have evidence that this is 'insurance company' policy?
BM> KA> After observing it a couple of times, I asked my doctor. Aetna,
BM> KA> among other insurance carriers, discourages GPs from doing
BM> KA> referrals and actually offers kickbacks for NOT doing referrals,
BM> Aetna offers kickbacks?  Sounds illegal to me. It also sounds like a
BM> fairy tale.  I rather doubt that your doctor told you that "Aetna,
BM> among other insurance carriers" offers kickbacks.  Any MD caught
BM> taking a kickback for not making referrals if/when indicated would
BM> more than likely lose his/her license and his/her malpractice
BM> insurance company would have to defend a suit.
BM> KA> so many doctors are
BM> KA> in the uncomfortable position of being unofficially pressured to
BM> KA> prescribe medications they aren't really qualified to prescribe.
BM> Evidence....
Hi Bob!
Kalera is right. We had a similar plan in NY until it was made illegal 
for the reasons she stated.
Kalera is an old friend from a.s.a.d. 
               The Few. The Proud. The Chosen.
                     markprobe@aol.com
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