Second this! My gf used to do part-time work (before she started her residency) for a couple of doctors doing mostly data entry works (to eClinicalWorks and whatnot). She would always tell me how these doctors instructed her to add more diagnosis codes so that they can get paid more (esp. from medicaid/medicare patients).

My host family father is a doctor in the US. He said to me once something like, "Be prepared to be scammed by people whether it is a brain surgeon or a carpenter. Never ever trust the original price they quote on you and be critical of their output."

Have you seen how pharma reps treat doctors? I have. Hundreds of dollars worth of dinners/lunches (one of the dinners my gf and I were invited to, it served unlimited Wagyu beef for bbq; of course, we had to sign in before the dinner). I am disgusted by how cozy the relationship between pharma companies and docs are.

The more I talk to and observe doctors, pharma and healthcare industry in general, the more I lose respect to the parties involved (of course, there are a few respectable professionals, but they are a minority because of the sheer amount of money to be made in that industry).