February 11, 2012

Putting a stop to “Doc Shopping”

The practice of “Doc Shopping” will be hampered with legislation recently signed into law by the governor.

State Representative John Townsend (R-Fond du Lac) authored the bill after some physicians approached him about the abusive practice where patients will go from clinic to clinic in search of a doctor to write a prescription for addictive drugs or pain killers. [Read more...]