Pharmaceutical Fraud
Pharmaceutical fraud can take many forms, and costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year. Pharmaceutical fraud as it relates to the False Claims Act involves the submission of false claims (pharmacy claim forms) to government health care programs, for payment for pharmaceuticals by government health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, knowing that the claims were false. The following pages describe representative examples of various types of Pharmaceutical fraud.
- Overview – summary of the various types of Pharmaceutical fraud.
- Pharmaceutical Contact Form – form to provide information about Pharmaceutical Fraud to the Firm.
- CGMP Violations – describes violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices promulgated by the FDA.
- Off-Label Marketing – describes off-label marketing in general.
- Best Price Fraud – a quick trigger questionnaire to determine if Best Price Fraud has occurred.
- CME Fraud – describes the use of Continuing Medical Education by pharmaceutical companies as a means to improperly influence and induce physicians to prescribe their products.
- Desi Drugs – describes the Drug Efficacy Study Implementation Program.
- Medicaid Price Reporting – describes the responsibility of pharmaceutical manufacturers to accurately report the classification and pricing of their drugs.
- Manufactured Compound Drugs – describes mass-manufactured compound drugs.