Anti-Kickback / False Claims Act / Healthcare Fraud and Abuse / Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement / Medicare / Medicaid / Medicare Part D / Pharmaceuticals / Pharmacy
Drug Rebates Threatened Under Proposed Anti-kickback Rule
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) released a proposed rule to eliminate safe harbor protection under the anti-kickback statute for drug price reductions that pharmaceutical manufacturers pay to Medicare and Medicaid plan sponsors and their pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”). The OIG proposed replacing the current safe harbor...