Health Care & Hospital Law
Apr. 28, 2012
Pharma giant settles fraud case
San Francisco pharmaceutical giant McKesson Corp. agreed to pay $190 million to settle federal allegations it defrauded Medicaid, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - San Francisco pharmaceutical giant McKesson Corp. agreed to pay more than $190 million to settle federal allegations it defrauded Medicaid by inflating pricing reports for prescription drugs, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday.
The department claims McKesson violated the False Claims Act by reporting puffed-up pricing information to South San Francisco-based First DataBank, ...
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