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OIG: Medicare Part D plans spent millions on ineligible OTC drugs
Medicare Part D plans made millions in payments for drugs that were ineligible under the program, according to a new federal audit.
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Federal watchdog claims Medicare Part D sponsors paid $587.7M for over-the-counter drugs mislabeled as prescription-only
Medicare Part D sponsors paid pharmacies $587.7 million for some over-the-counter drugs with obsolete prescription-only labels, despite CMS oversight. Medicare Part D does not cover OTC drugs. According to an Aug. 31 HHS Office of Inspector General report, Part D sponsors made “ineligible” payments for five drugs — more than one year after the brand-name […] The post Federal watchdog claims Medicare Part D sponsors paid $587.7M for over-the-counter drugs mislabeled as prescription-only appear...
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Medicare spent hundreds of millions of dollars on ineligible drugs, audit finds
Shoddy CMS oversight is to blame, and the agency needs to do better, the HHS Office of the Inspector General said. The CMS concurred.