http://www.namfcu.net Site News daily 1 2006-08-25T15:59:40Z http://www.namfcu.net/press/astrazeneca-to-pay-520-million-to-settle-claims-of-off-label-drug-marketing The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on April 27, 2010 that the states and the federal government have reached an agreement in principle with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, to settle allegations it engaged in an off-label marketing campaign that improperly promoted the antipsychotic drug, Seroquel. AstraZeneca will pay the states and the federal government a total of $520 million in damages and penalties to compensate Medicaid and various federal healthcare programs for harm suffered as a result of this conduct. No publisher tbartlett 2011-02-09T08:56:02Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/pharmaceutical-company-pays-42-5-million-to-resolve-fraud-allegations The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on March 16 that the states and the federal government have reached an agreement in principle with the pharmaceutical manufacturer, Alpharma Inc., to settle allegations of causing false or fraudulent claims for Kadian to be submitted to the Medicaid program. No publisher tbartlett 2011-07-02T04:27:22Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/dental-management-company-pays-24-million-to-resolve-fraud-allegations-1 The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units (NAMFCU) announced on January 20 that twenty-two other states and the federal government to have settled allegations against FORBA Holdings, LLC., a dental management company that provided management services to Small Smiles dental clinics nationwide. No publisher tbartlett 2010-01-25T19:28:49Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/omnicare-and-other-companies-to-pay-98-million-to-settle-allegations-of-fraud The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on November 4 that an agreement has been reached with Omnicare, Inc. and IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to settle allegations that the companies engaged in unlawful kickback schemes that defrauded federal and state healthcare programs. No publisher tbartlett 2011-07-02T05:30:21Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/four-pharmaceutical-companies-agree-to-pay-124-million-for-alleged-submission-of-false-claims-to-medicaid The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on October 19, 2009 that an agreement has been reached with four pharmaceutical companies that will pay a total of $124 million to resolve claims that they violated the federal False Claims Act by failing to pay appropriate rebates for drugs that were paid for by Medicaid. No publisher tbartlett 2009-11-13T20:39:56Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/namfcu-2009-annual-training-program NAMFCU held its 2009 Annual Training Program in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted by the Kentucky Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, September 13 – September 17. Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway made opening remarks and a press release prepared by his office appears below. After the Attorney General’s remarks, Assistant Attorney General Tony West, who heads the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, gave the keynote address on federal-state cooperation in health care fraud cases. His speech is linked to the right of the press release. No publisher tbartlett 2009-09-23T15:56:05Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/remarks-of-assistant-attorney-general-tony-west Below is the speech made by Assistant Attorney General Tony West at the NAMFCU 2009 Annual Training Program in Louisville, Kentucky. No publisher tbartlett 2009-09-23T15:56:24Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/pfizer-inc-to-pay-2-3-billion-in-historic-settlement The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on September 2, 2009 that an agreement has been reached with Pfizer Inc to settle civil and criminal allegations that Pfizer and its subsidiaries paid kickbacks and engaged in off-labeling marketing campaigns that improperly promoted numerous drugs that Pfizer manufactures. This is the largest settlement in history in a health care fraud matter. Pfizer will pay the states and the federal government a total of $1 billion in civil damages and penalties to compensate Medicaid, Medicare, and various federal healthcare programs for harm suffered as a result of its conduct. No publisher tbartlett 2010-02-21T21:05:30Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/the-national-association-of-medicaid-fraud-control-units-announces-a-12-4-million-dollar-settlement-with-quest-diagnostics The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on August 6, 2009 that a $12.4 million national Medicaid civil settlement with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (Quest) and its former subsidiary Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), to resolve claims concerning the accuracy of various NID diagnostic tests manufactured, marketed and sold to laboratories during 2000-2006, which in turn were used to perform testing which was billed to and paid for by the state Medicaid Programs. No publisher tbartlett 2009-08-21T16:25:47Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/aventis-pharmaceutical-inc The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units has announced on June 5 that a proposed $95.5 million global settlement with Aventis Pharmaceutical, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of sanofi-aventis U.S., LLC. The settlement agreement will resolve allegations that between 1995 and 2000, Aventis and its corporate predecessors knowingly misreported best prices for the steroid-based anti-inflammatory nasal sprays Azmacort, Nasacort and Nasacort AQ. No publisher tbartlett 2009-06-26T21:12:38Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/eli-lilly-to-pay-more-than-1-4-billion-for-off-label-drug-marketing The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units announced on January 15, 2009 that it has joined with the federal government and reached an agreement in principle with Eli Lilly and Company, to settle allegations it engaged in an off-label marketing campaign that improperly promoted the anti-psychotic drug, Zyprexa. No publisher tbartlett 2009-02-06T21:23:31Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/pharmaceutical-company-cephalon-to-pay-425-million-for-off-label-drug-marketing No publisher tbartlett 2008-10-03T14:43:42Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/bristol-myers-squibb-settles-for-389-million No publisher tbartlett 2008-07-23T16:55:03Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/the-national-association-of-medicaid-fraud-control-units-announces No publisher tbartlett 2008-06-12T16:06:59Z News Item http://www.namfcu.net/press/NAAG%20Sign%20On%20Ltr%20S%201577%20-%2002-20-08.pdf Forty-one Attorneys General and three state authorities that house Medicaid Fraud Control Units signed a letter to members of Congress in support of the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 1577, H.R. 3078), which would establish a system of screening and national criminal history background checks for prospective workers in nursing homes and other long-term care programs. 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