tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 4

Pharmaceuticals: MEDICAID Rx SCRUTINY placed on DOCS, PHARMACISTS, PATIENTS

Watch for yet more investigation of suspected prescription drug fraud .Big players in the pharmaceutical industry have borne the brunt of most Medicaid prescription drug fraud enforcement - but doctors, pharmacists and Medicaid recipients themselves are in the cross-hairs in Florida, where state prosecutors maintain criminals are using Medicaid to finance black market drug operations. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist is vowing to get tough after the release Dec. 18 of astatewide grand jury report on recipient fraud in the Medicaid program. The report, which includes details of "professional" Medicaid recipients diverting millions of dollars of prescription drugs -...

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