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Robert Ray Courtney (born September 15, 1952) is an American former pharmacist from Kansas City, Missouri. [1] In 2002, after initially being caught diluting several doses of chemotherapy drugs, he pleaded guilty to intentionally diluting 98,000 prescriptions involving multiple types of drugs, which were given to 4,200 patients, and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
Two Kentucky pharmacists who allegedly fraudulently billed insurance programs more than $1 million have been charged in an investigation of health care fraud.
Legal claims against the pharmaceutical industry have varied widely over the past two decades, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud, off-label promotion, and inadequate manufacturing practices. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] With respect to off-label promotion, specifically, a federal court recognized off-label promotion as a violation of the False Claims Act ...
The pharmacist billed Medicaid and Medicare for prescriptions that customers didn’t pick up. Former Kentucky pharmacist gets prison time in Medicare fraud, must repay $730,055 Skip to main content
The pharmacy billed for medications that people didn’t receive and overcharged for diabetes test strips. Former Kentucky pharmacy owner admits Medicare fraud, to repay more than $700,000 Skip to ...
Robert Courtney (fraudster) (born 1952), American pharmacist and convicted fraudster Robert Courtney (Paralympian) (1959–2016), New Zealand Paralympian See also
Pharmaceutical fraud is when pharmaceutical companies engage in illegal, fraudulent activities to the detriment of patients and/or insurers. Examples include counterfeit drugs that do not contain the active ingredient, false claims in packaging and marketing, suppression of negative information regarding the efficacy or safety of the drug, and violating pricing regulations.
Apr. 26—A former Mississippi pharmacist was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in the Southern District of Mississippi for a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance ...