A drug company had an elaborate kickback scheme involving doctors prescribing drugs to patients in nursing homes. The anti-epileptic drug that was coaxed to doctors to prescribe was depakote. However, the drug company made agreements with doctors to prescribe the drugs to patients and then receive a kickback for providing the drug. The company received kickbacks in the form of direct payments, lavish vacations and sports tickets.
The pharmacy now has to pay back a large sum because of the revenue earned through the kickbacks. “It is disturbing that any health care corporation would pay kickbacks that corrupt the professional medical decision making process in order to pad their profits,” said For more, read the story.
