The government recovered $3B in fraud last year. 87% from healthcare

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Of more than $3B recovered by the federal government in fiscal year 2019 from fraud and false claims, 87% involved the healthcare industry, announced the Department of Justice. The government has cracked down on fraud over the past decade, as healthcare fraud continues to rise.

 

Two of the biggest recoveries came from opioid manufacturers: Insys Therapeutics, which paid $195M, and Reckitt Benckiser Group, which paid $1.4B.

 

In other major cases, drugmakers Actelion, Amgen, Astellas, Alexion, Jazz, Lundbeck, and US Worldmeds paid a combined $624M to settle allegations they illegally paid patient co-pays for their own drugs to evade pricing limitations.

 

Read the full article at healthcaredive…

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