Regulators urge statewide ban on tobacco sales in Mass. pharmacies Thu, 17 May 2012 23:06:26 -0700 Frustrated Massachusetts public health regulators are sending letters to state lawmakers and the Patrick administration urging a ban on the sale of tobacco products at pharmacies. By a unanimous vote Wednesday morning, the state Public Health Council, an appointed panel of doctors, consumer advocates, and professors, also agreed to mail letters to the state?s Board of Registration in Pharmacy ... Feds: Dubious billings paid to 2,600 pharmacies Thu, 10 May 2012 07:28:59 -0700 Corner drugstore found vulnerable to fraud in inspector general's report scrutinizing every Medicare claim from 2009 Medicare billing flagged at 4 percent of U.S. pharmacies: government Thu, 10 May 2012 11:28:29 -0700 (Reuters) - A U.S. government examination found questionble billing practices for Medicare prescription drug coverage at 4 percent of American pharmacies, particularly independent retail drugstores. The report was issued by the U.S. Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, which has previously found limited safeguards to prevent fraud and abuse in the Medicare drug program for ... Suspicious Medicare Bills Found at 2,600 U.S. Pharmacies Thu, 10 May 2012 10:43:20 -0700 More than 2,600 U.S. drug stores, or 4 percent of all retail pharmacies, may have suspicious or excessive billing to Medicare, government investigators said. Suspicious Medicare billings at 2,600 pharmacies Thu, 10 May 2012 07:49:31 -0700 WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in just one year, government investigators have found. |
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