AG's Office Secures More Than $460,000 from New Bedford Retail Pharmacy for Submitting False Claims to MassHealth

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced today that it has reached settlement with PharmaHealth Pharmacy Inc. (“PharmaHealth”), a New Bedford-based retail pharmacy for falsely billing MassHealth for an expensive multivitamin, even when it was not medically necessary. Under the terms of the agreement, PharmaHealth will pay $464,205 to the Commonwealth, three times the amount falsely billed to MassHealth, and is also required to implement a three-year independent compliance and monitoring program at its own expense.

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