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Rensselaer doctor traded drugs for sex, Indiana AG alleges in petition
10 Jul 2025 00:41 GMT
… potentially committed billing fraud.
The Indiana Board of Pharmacy will review … that Sheets prescribed legend drugs and controlled substances to … 6, the OAG said CVS terminated Sheets' ability … prescriptions for patients at any CVS pharmacy. On June 12, …
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CVS Omnicare ordered to pay $949 million in government fraud case
09 Jul 2025 23:38 GMT
… U.S. government for prescription drugs.
Manhattan Judge Colleen McMahon imposed … pharmacist filed the lawsuit in 2015 accusing the PBM of improperly billing … damages, a stipulation that inflated CVS’ penalty. The company argued that …
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Report: Federal judge orders CVS’ Omnicare to pay $949M...
09 Jul 2025 20:43 GMT
… U.S. government for invalid drug prescriptions, Reuters reported late Tuesday … .
Both accused Omnicare of improperly billing Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare prescriptions … paperwork and pharmacist approvals.
In her ruling, McMahon rejected CVS’ argument that …
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CVS Health’s Next Big Goal: Solve Interoperability
18 Jun 2025 00:44 GMT
… impact more than CVS’ vertically integrated businesses like its pharmacy, Oak Street … to give physician offices and CVS pharmacies a complete picture of what … information about claims status and billing without burdening them to place …
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Mark Cuban calls out Minnesota bill on prescription drug pricing
09 Jun 2025 23:15 GMT
… the prices of prescription drugs.
Pharmacy benefit managers accused of … Scripts, Optum RX and CVS Caremark, setting the prices for … FTC found PBMs were billing health plans between $2 … only carries generic drugs. Local perspective: Pharmacy benefit manager …
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Rockford-area pharmacist celebrates Illinois regulating drug price ‘middleman’
04 Jun 2025 01:45 GMT
… her team, the independent drugstore owner and pharmacist fills prescriptions and paperwork … landscape. For instance, CVS owns Aetna Health Insurance and CVS Caremark (a PBM … patients only to CVS, using its medication and billing service.
“It breaks …
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Oregon lawmakers side with safety-net hospitals in discount drug battle
29 May 2025 21:14 GMT
… price or less — while still billing insurers or patients at regular … into corporate profits.
“Drug companies are targeting contract pharmacy arrangements under the … the pharmacies. He added that chains like Walmart, Walgreens and CVS have …
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Trump drug order ignores the government’s interest in high drug prices, Ohio expert says
20 May 2025 13:04 GMT
… , including lawsuits against drug middlemen known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers, who … of global pharmaceutical profits.” It accuses drugmakers of unfairly billing Americans for … care conglomerates — UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna-Express Scripts …
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Divide To Conquer. Blue Shield of California Is Spreading Out Its Pharmacy Benefit Management | Asembia AXS25 Summit
14 May 2025 01:21 GMT
… that it was dropping CVS Caremark as its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and … Shield of California is billing as the “Pharmacy Care Reimagined Initiative.” The … direct-to-consumer marketing by drugmakers.,
Technology utilizing real-world evidence …
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How Grocers Can Capitalize on Rising Pharmacy Traffic
09 May 2025 12:47 GMT
… former CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid customers seek a new pharmacy, this … . Staff juggle both traditional insurance billing and discount program processing, often … pharmacy per year. And, unlike chain drug stores, customer satisfaction with grocery pharmacies …