MFCU also identified over $124 million in Medicaid overpayments.
In 2023, the OAG returned to the state over $203 million in remedies, penalties, and fines as a result of its investigations and settlements.
Additionally, MFCU obtained 79 indictments and 61 convictions averaging 4.6 years on various Medicaid fraud charges.
In one instance, a pharmacy owner was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for participating in a fraudulent opioid pill mill scheme involving diverted narcotics and fake prescriptions billed to government health care programs. MFCU also identified over $124 million in Medicaid overpayments.
In one instance, a pharmacy owner was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for participating in a fraudulent opioid pill mill scheme involving diverted narcotics and fake prescriptions billed to government health care programs. MFCU also identified over $124 million in Medicaid overpayments.
And Attorney General Paxton continues to pursue major Medicaid fraud cases.
Ongoing cases include a lawsuit against Pfizer and Tris Pharma for providing adulterated drugs to children and making related misrepresentations to the Texas Medicaid program. Additionally, Texas has filed suit alleging that Gilead Sciences engaged in unlawful marketing ploys to incentivize medical providers to prescribe its drugs over competing medications.
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