How do doctors benefit from writing prescriptions?

Some good responses posted above but NO primary care provider benefits from writing rx any longer. In this era of sunshine act drug rep lunches are a thing of the past. Three specialists that DO BENEFIT are oncologists, ophthalmologists and rheumatologists. read more

I can't imagine how providing lunch for receptionists, nurses, assistants and other doctor's office staff promotes drug sales unless it gets the doctor to write more prescriptions for the expensive drugs in question. read more

During the last five months of 2013 (the period that Ornstein and Jones looked at for their most recent report), Brilinta's manufacturers made 63 payments to doctors, totalling $282,000 in consulting fees. read more

ProPublica analyzed the prescribing patterns of doctors who wrote at least 1,000 prescriptions in Medicare's drug program, known as Part D. Across five common specialties, as doctors received more money from drug and device companies, they tended to prescribe a higher percentage of brand-name drugs. read more