A specialty pharmacy that drew the attention of state officials worried about possible kickbacks to doctors is now being investigated by the Texas attorney general’s office and is asking a judge to block demands for certain financial documents.
State lawyers are examining HealthScripts Specialty Pharmacy for possible violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, according to a petition filed by HealthScripts and three affiliates: HealthScripts of America in North Austin, Houston and Midland-Odessa. HealthScripts custom-makes, or compounds, prescription drugs for patients and seeks physician investors who refer patients to the pharmacy and share in the profits.
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Are the physicians being looked at for being involved in this as well? It seems that most articles about this type of thing is centered on the pharmacy. Well, "it takes two to tango". like one of the comments stated, you need greedy doctors to facilitate this practice.
I do not know the answer to your question, but the doctors would have to accept the offer and enter into the arrangement for them to be guilty. Solicitation of a crime can be a crime under certain circumstances. Offering of kickbacks can be a crime just as offering a bribe can be a crime without the person accepting the bribe. There is more information that Gay Dodson provided in the presentation found at https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/files_pdf/BN/May14/Tab_25.pdf (which may not open through this link because it is a pdf) but can be searched for on google.
update link with entire article http://tcjl.com/2015/02/pharmacies-seek-to-withhold-records-from-texas-investigators/
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