Medical Office Procedures Research Paper

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AAS- Medical Office Procedures Week 2 Discussion Judy Potts Explain why pharmaceutical representatives leave samples of expensive medications with physicians. Pharmaceutical representatives, show the physicians the newest drugs on the market, to drum up business for the pharmaceutical companies. The representatives leave samples of the products, In hopes that the doctor will strat prescribing their new name brand products for his patients instead of generic drugs.Also, in some cases, the patients are not financially able to purchase a new drug not knowing if it will help with their disease.The clinic 's management staff will determine whether they will be except the newest medication samples from the representative. If it is a useful product to the physician and their patients that the clinic serves.These pharmaceutical companies offer gifts and meals to the doctors.Such as free services to physicians, like building websites or providing free web pads with the name of the pharmaceutical products on them. Moreover, did you know that these pharmaceutical companies can collect information on the patients?Which is legal as long as they do …show more content…

Here 's an example: beginning with tier 1, it may include a few name brands that have no generic equivalent mostly generic drug on this tier. On these drugs, there is a small co-pay.Tier 2 may have brand name drugs, with the patient paying a higher co-pay. Tier 3, on this tier the drugs would be name brand medication that has a generic form or similar name brands that would cost the patient a lot less co-pay. This tier is the highest out of pocket cost. Like Tri-care, the only drug they will pay for is generic unless the drug does not come in a generic form. Then the patient has to pay a co-pay that is usually 20% or 50 % of the