Kentucky's Attorney General Jack Conway is suing pharmaceutical company McKesson, claiming the wholesaler conspired with a price data service to inflate its Medicaid reimbursements, according to a Courier-Journal report.
The suit claims McKessson plotted with First DataBank to distort the price information for more than 1,800 brand-name prescription drugs. The alleged decade-long scheme let Medicaid overpay for the drugs by tens of millions of dollars.
The AG Office is alleging four violations of the state Consumer Protection Act, along with separate counts of Medicaid fraud, theft by deception, false advertising, common law fraud, negligent misrepresentation and civil conspiracy.
Spokespeople for McKesson and First DataBank did not issue a response at the time of the news report's publication.
Read the Courier-Journal report on McKesson and Kentucky.
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The suit claims McKessson plotted with First DataBank to distort the price information for more than 1,800 brand-name prescription drugs. The alleged decade-long scheme let Medicaid overpay for the drugs by tens of millions of dollars.
The AG Office is alleging four violations of the state Consumer Protection Act, along with separate counts of Medicaid fraud, theft by deception, false advertising, common law fraud, negligent misrepresentation and civil conspiracy.
Spokespeople for McKesson and First DataBank did not issue a response at the time of the news report's publication.
Read the Courier-Journal report on McKesson and Kentucky.
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