Fraudulent pharmacies?

[VenusinFurs]

Does anyone else have a problem with random pharmacies and dme companies sending you orders to sign and claiming the patient is requesting these medications/ supplies/ etc? We’ve contacted patients and found they did no such thing. I have gotten good at recognizing these but I recently had an incident where my coverage on a day off signed one and my patient was delivered a medication that is inappropriate and that she didn’t want. I attempted to contact the patients insurance company and they did not take this seriously at all and just told me to call the pharmacy to get them to stop sending any refills. There has to be a way to stop these companies, this is just straight up insurance fraud!

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[VA Hopeful Dr]

Oh yeah, happens all the time. My office has a policy of refusing 100% of pharmacy-initiated refill requests for just that reason.

 

[deleted87716]

Yep. If I didn't order it, I don't sign it. It's usually fraudulent.

 

[FrustratedFamDoc]

My favorite in residency was the vacuum assisted erection device. That one always drew a good giggle out of the staff.

 

[deleted87716]

My favorite in residency was the vacuum assisted erection device. That one always drew a good giggle out of the staff.

 

[Fatalis]

Does anyone else have a problem with random pharmacies and dme companies sending you orders to sign and claiming the patient is requesting these medications/ supplies/ etc? We’ve contacted patients and found they did no such thing. I have gotten good at recognizing these but I recently had an incident where my coverage on a day off signed one and my patient was delivered a medication that is inappropriate and that she didn’t want. I attempted to contact the patients insurance company and they did not take this seriously at all and just told me to call the pharmacy to get them to stop sending any refills. There has to be a way to stop these companies, this is just straight up insurance fraud!

Better call Chris Hanson and set up a sting operation

 

[deleted849476]

Better call Chris Hanson and set up a sting operation

 

[Keona]

Yes I accidentally ordered a leg compression device on a patient. I thought he’d requested I because his legs were awful. He thanked me the next time I saw him and asked me how I’d known it would help him. It ended up helping him out quite a bit.