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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4323902"]Oh really "Senior Oncology Rep"? Unfortunately for you, a few regulatory facts and laws contradict most of what you say.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Ever hear of the OIG Guidance and December 2011 revisions? Specifically forbids reps and MSLs from working together even on an introductory basis. Prohibits MSLs and Reps from engaging in promotional activities together. If you were such a tenured rep, either you would know this or you are willfully engaging in non-compliant activities. </p><p><br /></p><p>2) If you are NOT a licensed health care professional, it is unethical for a physician or any other licensed health care professional to seek or take any advice from you with regard to any patient in their care. They can't even discuss a patient with you per HIPAA, even IF you have a patient assistance program requiring paperwork, that discussion is specifically prohibited. Once again, if you are doing it as a "tenured rep", then you are willfully engaging in breaking the law.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Even a newly minted PharmD knows more about the mechanisms of activity and is specifically authorized and licensed to talk off-label to a physician or other prescriber. You are not. OIG December 2011 guidance makes that distinction between "scientific or clinical staff" and marketing/sales staff. If you are giving dosing advice to a physician, then you have broken the law willfully. </p><p><br /></p><p>4) In all hospitals which carry CMS or Joint Commission accreditation, all sterile compounding, with the exception of medications which are used in emergencies (chemo is not an emergency) must be mixed in a 797 compliant compounding facility. All chemos must be mixed in the appropriate vertical laminar flow hood (or biological isolator) and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. Infusion nurses can mix only in private offices or clinics but not in a hospital. If you were such a "tenured rep" with hospital experience, you would know that.</p><p><br /></p><p>5) Nobody here thinks you make $200K a year. Then again, nobody really cares. You drive a company car, deliver lunch and in general add nothing of value to patient care. A Fedex driver or a catering driver could do your job.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for talking around anyone, you probably had to talk your ass off to your DM to avoid being fired for compliance violations that you mentioned yourself. At the very minimum, you are engaging in unethical behavior and illegal behavior. Please do tell us how you did not break the law.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4323902"]Oh really "Senior Oncology Rep"? Unfortunately for you, a few regulatory facts and laws contradict most of what you say. 1) Ever hear of the OIG Guidance and December 2011 revisions? Specifically forbids reps and MSLs from working together even on an introductory basis. Prohibits MSLs and Reps from engaging in promotional activities together. If you were such a tenured rep, either you would know this or you are willfully engaging in non-compliant activities. 2) If you are NOT a licensed health care professional, it is unethical for a physician or any other licensed health care professional to seek or take any advice from you with regard to any patient in their care. They can't even discuss a patient with you per HIPAA, even IF you have a patient assistance program requiring paperwork, that discussion is specifically prohibited. Once again, if you are doing it as a "tenured rep", then you are willfully engaging in breaking the law. 3) Even a newly minted PharmD knows more about the mechanisms of activity and is specifically authorized and licensed to talk off-label to a physician or other prescriber. You are not. OIG December 2011 guidance makes that distinction between "scientific or clinical staff" and marketing/sales staff. If you are giving dosing advice to a physician, then you have broken the law willfully. 4) In all hospitals which carry CMS or Joint Commission accreditation, all sterile compounding, with the exception of medications which are used in emergencies (chemo is not an emergency) must be mixed in a 797 compliant compounding facility. All chemos must be mixed in the appropriate vertical laminar flow hood (or biological isolator) and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. Infusion nurses can mix only in private offices or clinics but not in a hospital. If you were such a "tenured rep" with hospital experience, you would know that. 5) Nobody here thinks you make $200K a year. Then again, nobody really cares. You drive a company car, deliver lunch and in general add nothing of value to patient care. A Fedex driver or a catering driver could do your job. As for talking around anyone, you probably had to talk your ass off to your DM to avoid being fired for compliance violations that you mentioned yourself. At the very minimum, you are engaging in unethical behavior and illegal behavior. Please do tell us how you did not break the law.[/QUOTE]
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