Trilogy Health Services and PCA-Corrections Agreed to Pay $80,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Providing Remuneration to Beneficiaries to Fill Their Drug Prescriptions
After they self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Trilogy Health Services, LLC (Trilogy) and PCA-Corrections, LLC (PCA), Kentucky, agreed to pay $80,526 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law provisions applicable to beneficiary inducements and kickbacks. OIG alleged that Trilogy and PCA improperly induced Medicare beneficiaries to fill their drug prescriptions at PCA locations by waiving Medicare Part D prescription drug copayment amounts without conducting an individualized determination of financial need for residents at 50 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities owned and/or serviced by Trilogy or PCA.
Action Details
- Date:January 7, 2016
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Enforcement Types:
- Fraud Self-Disclosures