tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 41

Pharmaceuticals: DRUGMAKER RECORDKEEPING RULE SPARKS GRASSLEY'S IRE

False Claims Act architect says Medicaid rebate rule will foil whistleblowers. Drugmakers who thought the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Aug. 29 rule on Medicaid drug rebate recordkeeping brought some much-needed clarification to their documentation responsibilities may be in for more uncertainty. In an Oct. 17 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, Senate fraud hawk Charles Grassley (R-IA) maintains that the rule would be a bane to the campaign against fraud and abuse in federal health care programs. Grassley maintains that the rule - which in essence permits drug manufacturers to destroy documents relating to...

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