Senate Finance Committee leaders last week introduced two bills that would affect Medicare Part D drug reimbursements to pharmacies.
New drug rule could endanger $1.3 billion of Medicare funding
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Sep 02, 2015
The pharmaceutical industry is pushing for a patent law change that could raise federal healthcare costs by $1.3 billion over the next decade.
FDA reauthorization bill passes Senate committee
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 27, 2012
A funding reauthorization bill that regulates the Food and Drug Administration cleared a hurdle Wednesday when a Senate committee approved it.
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 20, 2012
A Chicago psychiatrist is accused of submitting $190,000 in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid and receiving kickbacks for prescribing antipsychotics.
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Woman pleads guilty in Medicare genetic testing scheme targeting seniors
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 05, 2016
As interest in genetic testing rises, one woman faces 10 years in prison for a $1 million Medicare fraud scheme that lured seniors into unnecessary genetic testing.
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