Firefighter, Two Pharmaceutical Employees Admit Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs
Three men today admitted defrauding
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Compounded medications are supposed to be specialty medications mixed by a pharmacist to meet the specific medical needs of an individual patient. Although compounded drugs are not approved by the
From
The conspirators also learned that some
The conspirators recruited public employees and other individuals covered by the Pharmacy Benefits Administrator to fraudulently obtain compounded medications from the
Once they had recruited an employee covered by the Pharmacy Benefits Administrator, Pepper, Hodnett, and Urbanski would obtain the employee's insurance information and fill out a
Other conspirators would then get the prescriptions signed by doctors who never saw the patients and never evaluated whether the patients had a medical necessity for the compounded medication. The prescriptions were then faxed to
According to the informations, the Pharmacy Benefits Administrator paid
Each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a
As part of their plea agreements, Pepper must forfeit
Acting
The government is represented by Assistant
Defense counsel:
Pepper:
Hodnett:
Urbanski:
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