One thing we do know is that doctors are enticed into the government programs by the promise of free continuingmedicaleducation credit at taxpayer expense.
In the U.S., the American Medical Association offers physicians ContinuingMedicalEducation credits (a certain number of which are required to maintain a medical license) for attending courses on homeopathy.
The deal includes provisions that are more specific than the sort of restrictions that the Feds often impose on drug makers, such as agreeing not to misuse continuingmedicaleducation programs for marketing or awarding grants to doctors based on their prescribing habits.