Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9219

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Publication type: Journal Article

Bohmer K, Feinberg JL.
Rose by any other name: kickbacks vs cognitive services
Consultant Pharmacist 1994 Dec; 9:1400-1401, 1405-1406

Abstract:

An overview of recent state and federal law enforcement actions against pharmaceutical companies who have made payments to pharmacists and pharmacies as part of pharmaceutical manufacturer-sponsored programs is presented. Pharmacists are finding themselves caught in a megabattle between pharmaceutical manufacturers, who are paying the pharmacists to switch patients from 1 drug to another, and government authorities, who are finding this practice to be illegal. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s recently issued fraud alert concerning prescription drug marketing schemes and the Medicare and Medicaid anti-kickback statute are also discussed.