News tagged with health care fraud
NY lawsuit accuses Novartis of health care fraud
The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tuesday, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors' drugs to its own.
Medications
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Feds charge 91 people in $429M Medicare fraud
(AP)—A federal strike force has charged 91 people, including doctors and nurses, in seven cities with Medicare fraud schemes involving $429 million in false billings.
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Oct 04, 2012 |
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Report: US health care system wastes $750B a year
(AP)—A new report says the U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year—roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar.
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Sep 06, 2012 |
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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 billion for health fraud
(AP) — GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health ...
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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Facts in scientific drug literature may not be, study finds
(Medical Xpress) -- A growing concern with fraud and misconduct in published drug studies has led researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research to investigate the extent ...
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May 30, 2012 |
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Official: Doctor had recruiters in Medicare scheme
(AP) -- Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie.
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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7 accused of $375M Medicare, Medicaid fraud
(AP) -- Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie.
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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US charges 91 in wave of health fraud cases
US authorities have charged 91 people over some $295 million in alleged fraud schemes related to Medicare, the government-run health program for seniors, the Justice Department said.
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Sep 08, 2011 |
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