Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcao at hotmail.com, wrote in response to my letter:
-1. A doctor issues a prescription and not a bill for medicines dispensed/purchased. 2. A doctor signs and stamps his own prescription and not a bill issued by a pharmacy/drug store. 3. A bill is issued when a purchase is made. It it is made without a purchase then how is a doctor to be blamed? COMMENTS: POINT NO. 1: It is true that the doctor issues a prescription and not a bill for medicines purchased. POINT NO. 2: Again it is true that doctor signs his own prescription but also it is true that the pharmacy signs the bill dispensed but the doctor needs to countersigned at the back of the bill when it goes for reimbursement. ( this is mandatory to certify that he is aware of the exact medicines prescribed by the doctor.) POINT NO 3: Definitely a bill will be issued by the pharmacy only when the purchase is made. But your next sentence is wrong presented: Quote: It it is made without a purchase then how is a doctor to be blamed? The answer is : Doctor will sign at the back of the bill only if the purchase is made by the patient as per his prescription. Question of blaming the doctor does not arise. DETAILED RESPONSE: Let me educate certain doctors who have no administrative knowledge for reimbursement. Point No.1: There are two forms, one for hospitalization that is Form 97-A and another is Form 97-B for OPD. Point No 2: In both the forms doctors needs to CERTIFY at Certificate -A of this forms to make sure that all the prescribed medicines for the patient are entered in the column. Point No. 3: It is mandatory and also audited to see whether the certification is done by the doctor in the form Certificate -A as well at the back of the bill of the pharmacy. If not the reimbursement will not be entertained. The whole point which I have brought up in my earlier letter/correspondence is that some doctors allow patients to buy medicines of per their choice and doctor enters these additional medicines in the prescription, apart from what the doctor has prescribed, therefore the bill is inflated with their official seal as per the rules, to get reimbursement. Is this not amounts to fraud? This kind of attempt are made by CERTAIN private and renowned doctors coming from Government Hospitals after long working office hours, and who are examining patients at their private clinics and issuing prescriptions to satisfy the interest of the patients. That is the reason the Government had stopped private practice although they are so called professionals. These irregularities have surfaced in the accounts dept while auditing as it amounts to wastage of public funds. Hope now the matter is clear. Stephen Dias Dona Paula Date: 18.5.2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 9 Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:01:45 +0000 From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: GMC DOCTORS WORK SHOULD BE APPRECIATED Stephen Dias steve.dias60 at gmail.com wrote:" .... The ground reality is that some of the best Goa Medical College doctors' (so called professionals) were practicing in their private clinics after their office hours and then manipulating prescriptions so that their customers can claim government benefits. Isn't that cheating the government? I have solid proof that certain professionals issued additional medicines in their prescriptions at the request of patients so that the bill is inflated and reimbursed through their respective office (whether Central or State Government) after putting their own official seal later at Goa Medical College. ... " RESPONSE: A doctor issues a prescription and not a bill for medicines dispensed/purchased. A doctor signs and stamps his own prescription and not a bill issued by a pharmacy/drug store. A bill is issued when a purchase is made. It it is made without a purchase then how is a doctor to be blamed? Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o.
