(Reuters)—CVS Health Corp. has paid $5 million to resolve allegations that pharmacies it operates in California failed to keep and maintain accurate records of prescription drugs, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The deal follows an investigation that began in 2012 after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration noticed an increased number of thefts and unexplained…
Senate May Vote on Revised Healthcare Bill Next Week
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. Senate Republicans said Tuesday they will seek to bring their healthcare overhaul to the Senate floor next week after a lengthy intraparty struggle, but it remained unclear whether they had the votes to pass the measure or even what form it would finally take. With his reputation as a master strategist on the…
Generic Drug Group Sues to Block Maryland Price-Gouging Law
(Reuters)—The main U.S. trade group for generic pharmaceutical companies filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block a recently adopted Maryland law that lets the state attorney general sue generic drugmakers that sharply raise prices. The Association for Accessible Medicines filed the lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore to seek an injunction that would block…
U.S. State Attorneys General Probe Opioid Drug Companies
(Reuters)—A bipartisan group of state attorneys general announced on Thursday that they are jointly investigating the marketing and sales practices of drug companies that manufacture opioid painkillers at the center of a national addiction epidemic. Attorneys general from states including Massachusetts, Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania announced the investigation two weeks after Ohio Attorney General Mike…
How to Appropriately Discharge a Patient to Avoid Abandonment, Medical Malpractice
Are you a physician with a patient who no longer requires medical treatment? Do you have a patient you believe would be better served by another physician, specialist or practice due to a developing condition? Do you want to terminate a patient relationship because it is costing more than it is worth to your practice?…
Johnson & Johnson Discloses U.S. Probe Related to Arthritis Drugs
(Reuters) – Healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson said on Monday the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened an investigation concerning management and advisory services provided to rheumatology and gastroenterology practices that bought two of its drugs. The U.S. healthcare company said its Janssen Biotech Inc. unit received a civil investigative demand from the DOJ…
U.S. Accuses UnitedHealth of Medicare Advantage Fraud
(Reuters)—The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has accused UnitedHealth Group Inc. of obtaining inflated payments from the government based on inaccurate information about the health status of patients enrolled in its largest Medicare Advantage Plan.1 The complaint, filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday, came after the DOJ earlier this year intervened in two…
How to Bill Medicare Patients for Non-Covered Services
What do you do when you are presented with a patient who needs treatment but the patient’s insurance company will not pay for the services? Can you provide the services anyway? Who will pay for them? How do you collect payment for such services? If the patient consents to receive the services in spite of…
Maryland Lawmakers Approve Bill to Fight Drug Price-Gouging
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Maryland lawmakers have passed a first-in-the-nation measure that lets the state attorney general sue generic drugmakers that sharply raise prices in a move aimed at fighting what legislators call “price-gouging.” The bill overwhelmingly was approved by the Democratic-controlled legislature on Monday and hailed by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh as a way to check…
Trump Appears to Be Losing Battle Ahead of Healthcare Vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders appeared on Wednesday to be losing the battle to get enough support in the House of Representatives to pass their Obamacare rollback bill, watched by wary investors in financial markets. The current House Republican rollback plan is scheduled for a floor vote on Thursday but faces…
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