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Medicare and Medicaid
Attorney General Corbett Announces $36.7 Million Multi-State Settlement With CVS/Caremark in National Dosage-Switching Investigation
April 5th, 2008
Attorney General Tom Corbett announced a $36.7 million multi-state settlement with CVS/Caremark Corporation, a Rhode Island-based pharmacy chain, resolving allegations that the company improperly billed state and federal Medicaid programs by switching the form of dosage for a commonly prescribed anti-ulcer medication. Corbett said the settlement follows a joint federal and state investigation concerning prescriptions filled by CVS/Caremark for the antacid medicine ranitidine, the generic form of Zantac. Between 1999 and 2006, CVS pharmacies allegedly substituted a more-expensive capsule form of the drug, rather than tablets, resulting in higher payments by Medicaid with...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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