Tagged: Patient Copay Foundations

Three Pharmaceutical Companies Pay a Total of $122 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Co-Pay Assistance Foundations

Three Pharmaceutical Companies Pay a Total of $122 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Co-Pay Assistance Foundations

In a significant False Claims Act enforcement action, DOJ announced settlements with three pharmaceutical companies – Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals – under which they agreed to pay $122 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by paying Medicare of the Civilian Health and Medical Program (ChampVA) copayments for their own products through allegedly independent foundations that the companies used as...