A patient is checking out after seeing the physician for a refill of her hypertension medication. As you take her payment and schedule her next appointment, she states that she forgot to ask the doctor what she can take for her joint pain. The medical assistant tells the patient that the physician usually recommends Motrin, which is over the counter, for that type of pain and that she can just buy it at the pharmacy without a prescription. The patient thanked the medical assistant for that information and said that she would try the Motrin. Explained whether the medical assistant’s action was appropriate and/or legal. Why?
[Answered]: A patient is checking out after seeing the…
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