November 20, 2019

Louisville, Kentucky hospital Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay $10.1 million to resolve allegations that the hospital, doing business as Pharmacy Plus and Pharmacy Plus Specialty, submitted false claims to Medicare for prescription drugs that did not have the required physician order or proof of delivery, for prescription refills that were not reasonable and necessary, or for prescriptions that otherwise did not meet Medicare coverage requirements.  In addition, defendant was alleged to have violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by providing unlawful remuneration to patients in the form of free blood glucose testing supplies and waiver of co-payments and deductibles for insulin.  The case was initiated by a qui tam complaint filed by pharmacist Robert Stone, who will receive $1.85 million from the settlement.  DOJ

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