Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Ohio ends pharmacy middlemen contracts over 'spread pricing'

Cincinnati.com-5 hours ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio's Department of Medicaid will end the state's contracts with pharmacy benefit managers which bill taxpayers more than they reimburse ...

Defendant's Testimonial Evidence of Obtaining Consent Precludes ...

JD Supra (press release)-Aug 10, 2018
On Oct. 9, 2015, his office received an unsolicited one-page advertisement from KRS Biotechnology, a Florida-based compounding pharmacy. The fax promoted 

Health Care Qui Tam Update Recently Unsealed Whistleblower ...

The National Law Review-Aug 13, 2018
Defendants' Businesses: Defendant AgeVital Pharmacy, LLC, is a compoundingpharmacy that provides compounded pharmaceuticals to Medicare ...

New Cream Scheme Described in Latest Indictments

WorkCompCentral-Aug 13, 2018
Federal prosecutors have announced a guilty plea and a settlement agreement in two more compounding pharmacy kickback schemes, one of which involved ...

Prosecutors charge top figure in $400M-plus pharmacy fraud

WTOK-Aug 8, 2018
Prosecutors say Spell co-owned Medworx Compounding, a Ridgeland pharmacy. Spell faces up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors also want him to forfeit more

Medicare fraud costs NJ billions. Feds create a strike force to catch the ...

NJ.com-Aug 13, 2018
... Atlantic City area obtained often unnecessary prescriptions for specially-made creams and ointments from a so-called “compounding” pharmacy, which is able 

Pharmacy tech in NECC meningitis case pleads guilty to mail fraud

The Boston Globe-Aug 13, 2018
A pharmacy technician from the Framingham compounding pharmacy that was the source of a deadly meningitis outbreak has agreed to plead guilty to one ..

Infection Control Lacking in Outpatient Oncology

Contagionlive.com-15 hours ago
In these environments, infection control failures come in the form of hand hygiene failures, poor isolation precautions, breaches in sterile compounding ...
07/12/2018www.poppyseedwash.comCenter for Food Safety and Applied NutritionNew Drug/Labeling/MisbrandedNot Issued *
07/26/2018Yicheng Goto Pharmaceuticals Co., LtdCenter for Drug Evaluation and ResearchCGMP/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)/AdulteratedNot Issued *
07/27/2018JT Cosmetics & Chemicals Pvt Ltd.Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchCGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated/Unapproved New Drug/MisbrandedNot Issued *
07/31/2018Signature Formulations, LLCSan Francisco District OfficeCGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/AdulteratedNot Issued *
08/01/2018Bill Beauty and Health Products Ltd.Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchCGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/AdulteratedNot Issued *
8/07/2018Paramesh Banerji Life Sciences, LLCNew Jersey District OfficeCGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/AdulteratedNot Issued *
08/09/2018Apotex Research Private LimitedCenter for Drug Evaluation and ResearchCGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/AdulteratedNot Issued *

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Ridgeland pharmacist the latest charged in health care fraud scheme

WDAM-TV-15 hours ago
A Mississippi pharmacist has been charged in a federal investigation into a scheme to defraud TRICARE and other health care benefit programs out of hundreds ...
Prosecutors charge top figure in $400M-plus pharmacy fraud
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)-20 hours ago

Ridgeland pharmacist the latest charged in health care fraud scheme

WDAM-TV-15 hours ago
A Mississippi pharmacist has been charged in a federal investigation into a scheme to defraud TRICARE and other health care benefit programs out of hundreds ...
Prosecutors charge top figure in $400M-plus pharmacy fraud
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)-20 hours ago

“The FDA is inspecting compounding facilities to assess whether drugs that are essentially copies of FDA-approved drugs are being compounded for patients” who could otherwise take a product sold commercially, he said in a statement issued on June 28."

quoted from 
Pharmacy-Made Pain Creams Flagged On Fears Of Medicare Fraud And Risk
Washington Post · 

"Medicare paid an average of $751 per tube of compounded lidocaine, and $1,506 for the diclofenac, according to the inspector general’s report. Non-compounded tubes of those drugs averaged $445 and $128, respectively."

quoted from 
Pharmacy-Made Pain Creams Flagged On Fears Of Medicare Fraud And Risk
Washington Post · 

Pharmacy-Made Pain Creams Flagged On Fears Of Medicare Fraud And Risk Washington Post · 8 hours ago

Pharmacy-Made Pain Creams Flagged On Fears Of Medicare Fraud And Risk

Washington Post · 8 hours ago

FDA finds spiders and insects around packaging of Canadian API make

Wednesday, August 8, 2018


Oklahoma Pharmacy Board names Gourley interim director

SFGate-12 hours ago
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy has named Dorothy Gourley of Ardmore as the agency's interim executive director. The board ...

Prosecutors charge top figure in $400M-plus pharmacy fraud

WTOK-6 hours ago
Prosecutors say Spell co-owned Medworx Compounding, a Ridgeland pharmacy. Spell faces up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors also want him to forfeit more .

DOJ continues to investigate, seek recoveries over compounding ...

https://www.thompsoncoburn.com/.../doj-continues-to-investigate-seek-recoveries-ove...
12 hours ago - Claire Schenk is a business litigation partner who has assisted health care clients withcompounding issues. She concentrates her practice in the areas of health care fraud and abuse, False Claims Act litigation and other complex white-collar civil litigation.

Essential Read!! Pharmacy-Made Pain Creams Flagged On Fears Of Medicare Fraud And Risk By Julie Appleby AUGUST 9, 2018

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“Although some of this billing may be legitimate, all of these pharmacies warrant further scrutiny,” concludes the report from the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services.
In total, 547 pharmacies — nearly 23 percent of those that submit most of the bills to Medicare for making these creams — hit one or more of five red-flag markers set by investigators. Those included what the researchers called “extremely high” prices; large percentages of Medicare members getting identical drugs — 16 of the pharmacies billed for identical drugs for 200 or more customers; “greatly increased” year-over-year billing — 20 pharmacies increased their billing by more than 10,000 percent; or having a single medical provider writing more than 131 prescriptions. More than half of those pharmacies hit two or more measures — and 10 hit all five.

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

South Carolina State Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

Oregon State Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

Ohio State Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

Minnesota Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

Illinois Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

Delaware Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

Animal Solutions Pharmacy, PHY 54438, Administrative Case AC 6068
Santa Rosa, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for four years subject to the terms and conditions in the decision.
Decision effective 7/10/2018.
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Century Discount Pharmacy, PHY 39871, Administrative Case AC 5226
Reseda, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is voluntarily surrendered.
Decision effective 7/10/2018.
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Florida Avenue Prescriptions, PHY 55943, Administrative Case AC 5748
Modesto, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for three years subject to the terms and conditions in the decision.
Decision effective 6/7/2018.
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Fusion Rx Compounding Pharmacy, PHY 49937, Administrative Case AC 5899
Los Angeles, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for four years subject to the terms and conditions in the decision.
Decision effective 7/2/2018.
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Golden Life Pharmacy, PHY 48911, Administrative Case AC 5773
Simi Valley, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for four years subject to the terms and conditions in the decision.
Decision effective 7/5/2018.
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Jonathan’s Pharmacy, PHY 50941, Administrative Case AC 5524
Apple Valley, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for five years subject to the terms and conditions in the decision.
Decision effective 6/7/2018.
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Pharmacy 9, PHY 40841, Administrative Case AC 6178
Santa Ana, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is voluntarily surrendered.
Decision effective 6/28/2018.
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Ross Medical Pharmacy, PHY 39267, Administrative Case AC 5852
La Crescenta, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked and the right to practice or operate has ended.
Decision effective 6/7/2018.
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Safeway Pharmacy #911, PHY 35032, Administrative Case AC 5957
San Rafael, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is publicly reproved.
Decision effective 6/7/2018.
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Valencia Pharmacy, PHY 48891, Administrative Case AC
Valencia, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for five years subject to the terms and 1
Decision effective 6/7/2018.
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Walgreens Pharmacy #02126, PHY 52845, Administrative Case AC
San Carlos, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked, the revocation is stayed, and the licensee is placed on probation for two years subject to the terms and conditions in the decision.
Decision effective 6/7/2018.
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Warner West Pharmacy & Supplies, PHY 49208, Administrative Case AC 5866
Canoga Park, CA
Through a disciplinary action of the Board, the license is revoked and the right to practice or operate has ended.
Decision effective 7/10/2018.
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California Board of Pharmacy Script July 2018 Newsletter

Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter (compounding information)

Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy - NABP

https://nabp.pharmacy/wp-content/.../06/Massachusetts-Newsletter-August-2018.pdf
6 days ago - News. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy. Continued on page 4 ... InJanuary 2018, DEA announced a deregulatory measure that will make it ... particular state or jurisdiction can only be ascertained by examining the law of.

Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy August 2018 Newsletter

News Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy - NABP

https://nabp.pharmacy/wp-content/uploads/.../Oklahoma-Newsletter-August-2018.pdf
6 days ago - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy as a compliance officer on March. 19, 2018. Marjan graduated from the. University of Oklahoma College of. 2920 N Lincoln 

Minnesota Board Of Pharmacy to Ban 2 Types Of Synthetic Drugs

Voice Of Alexandria (press release)-Aug 1, 2018
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy is banning the possession and sale of two types of synthetic drugs: synthetic cannabinoids and fentanyl ...

Gov. Mary Fallin signs new marijuana rules; questions remain

NewsOK.com-17 hours ago
For example, the state question didn't give the board the right to require ... and the head of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy was fired after text messages

Roanoke Times

Roanoke activist removed from state board for actions at April pipeline ...

Martinsville Bulletin-5 hours ago
Gov. Ralph Northam removed a Roanoke woman from the Virginia Board ofPharmacy for misconduct in April after state officials were told she used her board 

How employers are shaking up pharmacy benefits for 2019

CNBC-13 hours ago
Large employers are still dependent on pharmacy benefit management firms, but they are unhappy with the complex rebate system the drug supply middlemen ...

Amazon pharmacy should derail 'ridiculous' Cigna, Express Scripts ...

USA TODAY-15 hours ago
Key to Icahn's argument is his perspective that Amazon's recent entry into the online pharmacy business poses a serious threat to Express Scripts' position as ...