CVS’s Dismissal Motion Denied In FCA Claim Over Medicare ‘Anti-Competitive Scheme’

Mealey's (March 14, 2023, 1:18 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge denied in part CVS and its related entities’ motion to dismiss a qui tam suit against them asserting that they “engaged in an anti-competitive scheme to block Medicare Part D recipients from accessing less expensive drugs” in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA), finding that the complaint suffices to show “the existence of an agreement to violate the FCA.”...