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Can PA's have their own Rx pads, or does their name have to be on the MD/DO pads

ex

John Doe, MD
Jane Smith, RPA-C, MS
Internal Medicine (or whatever speciality)

or can it be


Jane Smith, RPA-C, MS
Internal Medicine
 
it varies by state. in most states a pa can be the only name on the rx pad.
pa's have independent dea#s so write for controlled substances on their own name, not that of the doc they work with/for.
 
When I shadowed a guy in NY State, all the providers in the clinic -- MD's and PA's -- were on the Rx pads. When any of them -- MD's or PA's -- wrote controlled substances, they got out this old-school triplicate book thing that looked like a business' checkbook, and wrote on those. Everyone had their own.

In the ED where I work, the computer spits out a Rx the provider signs, and the DEA # is on there if needed.
 
One of the largest prescription pad compainis, MediScript, prints prescrption pads for no charge IF a physician has thair name on the prescription. They will not print prescriptions for PAs with only a PAs name on it. Their reasoning is that the pharmacutical companies will not pay for it. Apparently the fact that we write 25 million prescriptions a year does nothing for them. Remember, as the websites and tv and radio advertising state: "only your physician can write for XYZ medication". Keep that myth going....
 
PACPhD said:
One of the largest prescription pad compainis, MediScript, prints prescrption pads for no charge IF a physician has thair name on the prescription. They will not print prescriptions for PAs with only a PAs name on it. Their reasoning is that the pharmacutical companies will not pay for it. Apparently the fact that we write 25 million prescriptions a year does nothing for them. Remember, as the websites and tv and radio advertising state: "only your physician can write for XYZ medication". Keep that myth going....
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Are you a PA-C and PhD? If so, what's your PhD in? Do you refer to yourself as "Doctor" in clinical settings?
 
PublicHealth said:
Are you a PA-C and PhD? If so, what's your PhD in? Do you refer to yourself as "Doctor" in clinical settings?
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I know pacphd and many other pa, phd folks. in a clinical setting they are mr smith. in a lecture hall they are dr smith. this has been covered here many times before.....
 
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