Pharmacist Agrees To Pay $100,000 To Settle False Claims Act Suit

Mealey's (June 7, 2019, 10:59 AM EDT) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York pharmacist on June 5 entered into an agreement with the federal government in New York federal court to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) as well as the state’s version of the statute when falsely billing Medicare and Medicaid from March 2010 through March 2017 for prescriptions that were never dispensed to patients (United States, ex rel. Barbara Lopez v. Nassau Pharmacy, No. 16-cv-1338, N.D. N.Y.)....

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