Posts Tagged ‘compounding pharmacy’
Judge: Third Try Won’t be the Charm for Whistleblower
A U.S. District Court Judge earlier this month tossed a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a Florida compounding pharmacy finding that the former sales representative who filed the initial lawsuit in 2013 failed to make sufficient pleadings. However, defendant RS Compounding LLC in Tampa is not completely off the hook. The government intervened in, and the…
Read MoreTRICARE Billing Scandal Intensifies as Feds Target More Compounding Pharmacies
Allegations of fraudulent billing practices involving compounding pharmacies and specialty creams is rearing its ugly head again. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating what is suspected to be half a billion dollars in healthcare fraud linked to these creams used to treat pain. TRICARE, the health insurance program for members of the U.S.…
Read MoreCompounding pharmacies in the eye of investigative storm
In the last year or so there have been a number of stories in the media about investigations into wrongdoing by compounding pharmacies, marketing companies and physicians. At last count there were nearly 100 federal investigations underway for what the feds believe are questionable financial relationships involving these three entities. In some instances, physicians are…
Read MoreCompounding Pharmacies Face Increased Scrutiny
Earlier this month, federal authorities seized more than $18 million from the owners of the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that was at the center of a meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed 64 people across the country. It was just the latest in a string of federal government crackdowns on the now-shuttered New England Compounding Center…
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