Ride along with Mark as he discusses yet another pharmacy and physician compounded medication scam.
Tag: pharmacy
Although you might stay miles away from anything related to compounded medication, the waiver of co-pay issue haunts many medical groups and other providers.
We all know the expression “life imitating art”, but hardly anyone talks about “crimes imitating compliance”. That is, until today.
Unfortunately, pain cream scams often spread to physicians, sometimes even to hospital-based physicians looking to pick up a little (well, actually, a lot) of cash on the side.
Listen in as we discuss a recent settlement of an actual HIPAA violation. And even more troubling, learn about another HIPAA breach settlement that didn’t even involve am actual HIPAA breach . . . only a potential one.
A physician has been indicted for his role in a compound pharmacy prescription scam that included disguised kickbacks. Lots of lessons here.
With lots of money at play, it’s not hard to see why the government is motivated to investigate and prosecute in order to obtain huge fines and the benefit of the forfeiture millions of dollars.
With lots of money at play, it’s not hard to see why the government is motivated to investigate and prosecute in order to obtain huge fines and the benefit of the forfeiture millions of dollars.
The large pharmacy chains are opening walk-in clinics in their stores, staffed with nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The huge number of independent pharmacies can follow the same route. For most physicians this means more competition. But for enterprising physicians and independent pharmacists, the opportunity to do deals abounds.
Many people – physicians and business people – engaging in arrangements involving sophisticated federal and state anti-kickback issues and self-referral issues, often simply point to someone else who is doing what they claim is the same thing, as if that makes it acceptable.
