CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pays $5 Million to Settle Alleged Violations of the Controlled Substance Act in Sacramento Federal Case

As is the norm, national chain pharmacies get fines and compliance plans while small businesses get criminally prosecuted. A recent settleme...

Walgreen Paid $9.86 Million to Settle False Claim Allegations of Improper Medi-Cal Billings for Code 1 Drugs

It's not just small pharmacies that get false claims (qui tam) cases. The chains are ripe targets for cases but they have the resources ...

Billing for Prescriptions Not Dispensed to Patients Results in 4 Year Sentence for Los Angeles Medical Clinic Manager After Federal Trial

Federal prosecutors used to devote healthcare fraud resources to mainly government programs and allow private insurance carriers to handle t...

Durable Medical Equipment Supply Owner and Operator Plead Guilty in Case Involving False Statements to Medicare About Inhalation Drugs Being Non-Compounded Drugs

Compounded medications and drugs have been under close scrutiny the past number of years. Claiming a drug is not compounded when it is comp...

Florida Man Indicted for Receiving $20 Million in Marketing Fees From Compounding Pharmacy For Patients Covered by Tricare Health Insurance and Paying Telemedicine Companies to Prescribe Compounded Medication Prescriptions

Compounding pharmacies are facing investigations for marketing arrangements, drug misbranding as well as for health care fraud in billing wo...

Physicians Can Apply for Award Up To $105,000 for Serving In a Medically Underserved Area of California - Apply Dec. 1, 2016 to Feb. 28, 2017

Are you licensed in California and looking for a way to work in an underserved area and get student loan forgiveness? Physicians (allopathic...

Dallas Compounding Pharmacy and Three Individuals Agree to Consent Decree With Permanent Injunction to Prevent Distributing Adulterated Drugs

Compounding pharmacies have been under scrutiny, and a recent case shows the difficulties compounding pharmacies are having complying with r...

San Diego Pharmacy Owners Pay $750,000 to Resolve Civil Drug Diversion, Record Keeping and Logbook Allegations After DEA Audit

On November 17, 2015, a group of San Diego pharmacies and their owners paid $750,000 to the federal government to resolve allegations that t...

Miami-Area Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Part D Fraud Scheme

A Miami-area pharmacy owner,Tamara Esponda, was sentenced November 17, 2015 to 42 months in prison for her role in the submission of more th...

Obama Says US Will Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse

The New York Times reporting on President Obama’s visit on Wednesday October 21, 2015 to West Virginia is in this article entitled “ US Will...

September 26th is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Be Careful With Your Excess Prescription Medications.

Today, September 26th, is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.  It’s a day where you can safely, conveniently, and responsibly dispose ...