Jul 28 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Two Drugstores Accused Of Fraud In Medicare Bills
With a blue awning with the Russian word for pharmacy written on it and a sign hung in the window declaring "We Accept All Medicare Part D Plans," Monica's looks like a typical mom-and-pop Brooklyn drugstore. But federal authorities say that this innocuous-appearing store is by far the busiest pharmacy in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn—at least on paper—when it comes to filing Medicare Part D drug-prescription claims (Gardiner, 7/27).
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