To those here who know——
Do MDs get kickbacks and luxury vacations and cruises for pushing prescriptions or procedures and devices such as replacement joints on their patients?
Just asking.
Pfizer hit with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines and Federal prosecutors called the drug giant a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with massages and resort junkets.
Authorities called Pfizer a repeat offender, noting it is the company’s fourth such settlement of government charges in the last decade. The allegations surround the marketing of 13 different drugs, including big sellers such as Viagra, Zoloft, and Lipitor.
As part of its illegal marketing, Pfizer invited doctors to consultant meetings at resort locations, paying their expenses and providing perks
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32657347
No
Kickbacks are illegal and anything over a lunch or dinner of $25 must be reported. In the old days junkets were available but this was long before my time.