...and this is the flip side of my other recent thread.
Twice now I have caught a relative newcomer at my workplace taking credit for my work. These are the two incidents:
1) A patient asked for us to start organizing and preparing her medication dosettes. As she had recently switched doctors, her new doctor wasn't sure what medications she was on and asked us to fax her list. I spoke with the patient over the phone to understand exactly what she was taking and at what times (>10 medications) and faxed the list to the doctor who OK'd the list and gave us the green light. I could not personally sign the service (MedsCheck) under my name, however, because it requires the patient or her agent (spouse) to sign and endorse the list so I had to wait for them to come in person. A few days later, I noticed that for some reason, he remade the list in his own writing and then billed the service under HIS name, and without a patient signature. (?????)
2) Last week, I noticed that a patient was taking two interacting medications so I faxed the doctor and recommended a switch to a safer combination & dose with accompanying documentation backing up my suggestions. Since we were both on shift at the same time, I actually showed my colleague how and where I obtained the references. Once again, the doctor faxes back endorsing the change, and...this guy again bills the service under his name. I found out because I dug around the hardcopies wanting to staple the faxed documents as proof that the change was made due to my recommendation and wanted to make sure the tech filed it correctly, only to see that the faxed replies were nowhere to be found, and he suggested that it just be filed "as a verbal recommendation"............
I can't really tell if he is doing it on purpose but it feels funny that he is basically taking credit for work that I did the heavylifting for. Ultimately it is the store, and not myself, who gets paid for these services but if there were to be a numerical review of #'s of services we'd each done on their behalf, it would be tallied under his name, rather than mine. He is about 30 years my senior so although he is very friendly and chatty with me I can't help but suspect he is kinda doing it on purpose because he should know better. There is no shortage of patients at work so he could easily find his own patients to do his own services on...
Ehh...what should I do. I'm a spineless mouse when it comes to these things and I avoid workplace drama and politics like the plague...
Twice now I have caught a relative newcomer at my workplace taking credit for my work. These are the two incidents:
1) A patient asked for us to start organizing and preparing her medication dosettes. As she had recently switched doctors, her new doctor wasn't sure what medications she was on and asked us to fax her list. I spoke with the patient over the phone to understand exactly what she was taking and at what times (>10 medications) and faxed the list to the doctor who OK'd the list and gave us the green light. I could not personally sign the service (MedsCheck) under my name, however, because it requires the patient or her agent (spouse) to sign and endorse the list so I had to wait for them to come in person. A few days later, I noticed that for some reason, he remade the list in his own writing and then billed the service under HIS name, and without a patient signature. (?????)
2) Last week, I noticed that a patient was taking two interacting medications so I faxed the doctor and recommended a switch to a safer combination & dose with accompanying documentation backing up my suggestions. Since we were both on shift at the same time, I actually showed my colleague how and where I obtained the references. Once again, the doctor faxes back endorsing the change, and...this guy again bills the service under his name. I found out because I dug around the hardcopies wanting to staple the faxed documents as proof that the change was made due to my recommendation and wanted to make sure the tech filed it correctly, only to see that the faxed replies were nowhere to be found, and he suggested that it just be filed "as a verbal recommendation"............
I can't really tell if he is doing it on purpose but it feels funny that he is basically taking credit for work that I did the heavylifting for. Ultimately it is the store, and not myself, who gets paid for these services but if there were to be a numerical review of #'s of services we'd each done on their behalf, it would be tallied under his name, rather than mine. He is about 30 years my senior so although he is very friendly and chatty with me I can't help but suspect he is kinda doing it on purpose because he should know better. There is no shortage of patients at work so he could easily find his own patients to do his own services on...
Ehh...what should I do. I'm a spineless mouse when it comes to these things and I avoid workplace drama and politics like the plague...