{"id":12990,"date":"2019-04-05T09:46:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12990"},"modified":"2019-04-05T09:46:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T13:46:35","slug":"3-drugmakers-pay-nearly-123m-to-settle-kickback-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12990","title":{"rendered":"3 drugmakers pay nearly $123M to settle kickback claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/p>\n<p>Three drugmakers \u2014 Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/three-pharmaceutical-companies-agree-pay-total-over-122-million-resolve-allegations-they-paid\">have agreed to pay<\/a>\u00a0$122.6 million to resolve allegations of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute by illegally using copay assistance programs.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/pharmacy\/3-drugmakers-pay-122m-to-settle-kickback-claims.html\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Three drugmakers \u2014 Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals \u2014\u00a0have agreed to pay\u00a0$122.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illegal-activities","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12991,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions\/12991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}