On December 21, 2020, two owners of more than twelve New York pharmacies were charged in an indictment for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme, in which they exploited emergency codes and edits… Read More
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Study Found Top 1% Of Opioid Prescribers In U.S. Responsible For 49% Of Opioid Prescriptions
A study entitled “Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study” published on January 29, 2020 in the British medical journal BMJ reported: “In 2017, the top 1% of providers accounted for 49% of… Read More
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Compounding Pharmacist Found Guilty In $21.8M Health Care Fraud Case
The United States Department of Justice announced on March 11, 2020 that a federal jury in Texas has found a 75-year-old pharmacist guilty of charges related to health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. After a six-day trial, the… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Applies Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Pharmacy Misfilled Prescription Claim
The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) stated in its decision dated March 5, 2020 that the issue before it was whether a claim asserted against a pharmacy for allegedly mis-filling a prescription is subject to the two-year professional-malpractice… Read More
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Multiple State Pharmacy Boards Are Warning That Physicians Are Hoarding Touted Coronavirus Drugs For Themselves And Their Families
While many healthcare providers throughout the United States are making valiant efforts to help diagnose and treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, often at risk to themselves and potentially for their families, there are a growing number of physicians in the United… Read More
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$12.9M Settlement For Nursing Home And Pharmacy Negligence Leading To Resident’s Death
On June 10, 2019, the parties to a Kentucky nursing home negligence wrongful death lawsuit reached a settlement in the amount of $12.9 million for the death of a retired 68-year-old judge who died in the nursing home because the… Read More
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Federal Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Mail Order Pharmacy Accused Of Misdirecting Drugs To Elderly Patient
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its opinion published on June 12, 2019, held: “this case is remanded to the district court so it can determine whether the expert opinions that [the… Read More
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Seven Indicted For $50M In Medically Unnecessary Prescriptions In 50-Count New Jersey Indictment
The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey announced on March 15, 2019 that a federal grand jury has returned a 50-count indictment charging seven people with defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers… Read More
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U.S. Expands Efforts To Fight Opioid Epidemic To Unscrupulous Dispensing Pharmacies
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed on February 8, 2019 a civil complaint filed in the Middle District of Tennessee against two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists, to stop them from dispensing controlled substance medications, including powerful opioids that… Read More
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$325K Pharmacy Error Settlement Reached In Wisconsin Wrongful Death Case
A Wisconsin lawsuit alleging that the error of a pharmacist who filled a patient’s prescription with double the strength of an opioid that the patient had been taking for a year-and-a-half that led to her death has been settled for… Read More
