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DOJ and HHS Launch New False Claims Act Working Group to Target Healthcare Fraud

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have jointly announced the launch of a reinvigorated DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group aimed at enhancing interagency...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Off Shortage List; Deadlines to Stop Compounding

Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, a class of medications known as GLP-1s, have grown in popularity, initially for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and more recently for obesity and other labeled and off-label indications for...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

This Week in 340B: February 18 – 24, 2025

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

This Week in 340B: January 28 – February 3, 2025

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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Pharmacies and Pharmacists in the Crosshairs: DOJ’s $408 million Settlement with Rite Aid

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Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Rite Aid, ten subsidiaries, and affiliate pharmacies agreed to settle allegations that Rite Aid violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the False Claims Act...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Rite Aid and OptumRx Settlements Highlight Enforcement Focus on Pharmacy Corresponding Responsibility for Dispensing Controlled...

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On July 10, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nearly $410 million settlement with Rite Aid Corporation to resolve allegations that Rite Aid and its affiliates ignored red flags and knowingly dispensed unlawful...more

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The Opioid Crisis and Pharma Accountability: The Road So Far

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In 2020, over 142 million prescriptions for opioid medications were filled in the U.S. That same year, 16,416 people died from overdoses on prescription opioids—a 376% increase from 1999....more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | October 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for October 2023. We discuss several enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the...more

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Louisiana Insurance Department Fines Express Scripts and Medimpact for Delayed Pharmacy Payments

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The Louisiana Insurance Department (“Department”) recently fined Express Scripts Administrators, LLC (“ESA”) $275,000 and MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. (“MedImpact”) $250,000 for allegedly failing to pay electronically...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | August 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Not What the Doctor Ordered: GoodRx to Pay $1.5 Million in FTC’s First Enforcement of the Health Breach Notification Rule

The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month undertook an enforcement action against online pharmacy and telehealth provider GoodRx, in the latest example of the agency seriously pursuing its role as the nation’s de facto...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Marketer in Kickback Scheme Involving Compound Pharmacies Sentenced to Probation and Order to Pay $3.3 Million

On March 30, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Manual J. Bojorquez, the owner of a marketing company, was sentenced to 36 months’ probation and ordered to pay restitution of $3.3 million for...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

KMART Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $1.4 Million

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that KMART Corp. (Kmart) has paid $1.4 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit brought by a former Kmart pharmacist under the False Claims Act (FCA). The lawsuit alleged...more

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