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tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 39
PBMs: CHARGES PILE ON IN MEDCO WHISTLEBLOWER SUIT
PBM giant faces False Claims Act charges. It was bad enough for pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions when the Department of Justice intervened in two whistleblower suits charging the company with defrauding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, TRICARE and Medicare. But now one set of whistleblowers is pressing forward with claims that the Franklin Lakes, NJ company also defrauded Medicaid in six states and Washington, DC. The feds joined the two whistleblower lawsuits in June; one had been filed by New Jersey physician Dr. Joseph Piacentile, the other by two long-time Medco employees, George Bradford Hunt...
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