The Oklahoman
The state of Oklahoma has received $1.37 million as part of a settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb in a case in which it allegedly overcharged state and federal medical programs.
Oklahoma’s share was part of a $389 million settlement that the drug company paid to 43 states, the District of Columbia and federal government, said Charlie [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
Oklahoma gets $1.37M in Abilify settlement
July 30, 2008
Drug companies set to pay Montana over Antipsychotic Abilify
Billings Gazette
HELENA – The state of Montana has received about $295,000 as part of a national settlement with a pharmaceutical company and its former subsidiary to resolve complaints of illegal drug marketing and pricing of prescription drugs paid by state Medicaid programs.
It is a part of a $389 million national settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. [...]
July 30, 2008
Utah Gets $2 Million From Drug Company’s Cheating
KUTV
By Doug G. Ware
SALT LAKE CITY – A drug company has been forced to pay Utah more than $2 million stemming from a series of illegal actions it made, officials said.
Bristol-Myers Squibb recently reached a settlement over its illegal activities with 43 states, including Utah. In all, the drug company must pay $389 million [...]
July 29, 2008
$7.1 million given to Virginia in Abilify Scam
Roanoke Times
By Sarah Bruyn Jones
Virginia has received nearly $7.1 million from Bristol-Meyers Squibb as part of a larger multistate settlement over allegations of Medicaid fraud and illegal kickbacks.
The state received $4.2 million July 15 and transferred it to the Department of Medical Assistance Services, which administers Medicaid for the state, according to the state Attorney [...]
July 28, 2008
Tennessee gets $3.5M from Bristol Meyers Squibb settlement
Knoxville News Sentinel
Tennessee is getting $3.5 million of a $389 million settlement from drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and its former subsidiary, Apothecon Inc., the Tennessee Attorney General’s office said Monday.
The National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units reported in July that 43 states, the District of Columbia and the federal government settled with New [...]
July 28, 2008
Wyoming gets share of Abilify Scam settlement
Casper Star-Tribune
By JOAN BARRON
CHEYENNE — Wyoming is one of 43 states sharing in a $389 million settlement between the federal government and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to resolve claims of illegal drug marketing and prescription prices paid by Medicaid.
The State of Wyoming received $554,320.39 in state and federal money from the settlement amount. The Wyoming share [...]
July 25, 2008
Iowa gets $1.9 million drugs settlement
Des Moines Register
By TONY LEYS
The state of Iowa has received $1.9 million from a national pharmaceutical company that was accused of fraud.
Bristol-Myers Squibb agreed last fall to pay a total of $515 million to settle federal and state allegations of misconduct. David Werning, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, said the [...]
July 23, 2008
State to get nearly $7 million in settlement with drug company
Seattle Times
Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay the Washington state nearly $7 million to settle allegations of illegal marketing and pricing of prescription medications.
By Susan Gilmore
Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay the Washington state nearly $7 million to settle allegations of illegal marketing and pricing of prescription medications.
Washington is one of 43 states involved in [...]
July 22, 2008
Minnesota to get $4 million in Bristol-Myers Squibb settlement
Pioneer Press
By Jennifer Bjorhus
Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is paying Minnesota $4.35 million to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud, the state Attorney General’s office announced Tuesday.
The Minnesota payment is part of a $515 million settlement the U.S. Department of Justice reached with New York-based Bristol-Myers last fall regarding Medicaid overpayments, the company said. Minnesota joined [...]
July 22, 2008
Settlement restores money to Delaware Medicaid
The News Journal
The Delaware Department of Justice has recovered more than $1 million for the Delaware Medicaid program through a settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and its former subsidiary Apothecon, Inc., Attorney General Beau Biden announced Monday.
The settlement resolves allegations that BMS illegally marketed and priced prescription medication that cost states’ Medicaid programs. The [...]
