As a result of allegedly seeking
health insurance rebates “for
invalid prescriptions of controlled
substances that would inevitably
land on the black market,”
according to the Courthouse News
Service, the US pharmacy chain CVS
Pharmacy is being sued by Fox Rx
and 18 states.
CVS Pharmacy is accused of
violating the False Claims act by
submitting claims to Medicare
for controlled substances such as
codeine and oxycodone, which
require a registration number
issued by the Drug Enforcement
Agency.
Fox Rx claims that between
January 2008 and 2010, one out of
every five of the claims submitted
by CVS for the drugs lacked such a
number.
There are over 7,000 CVS
Pharmacy member pharmacies in
the United States.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 24 Apr 14 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 24 Apr 14
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NEW research from the Monash Addiction Research Centre has highlighted a critical shortfall in the availability of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses, across community pharmacies in Australia’s most populous states.
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