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- Title
Reports: HIV Drugs Targeted for Black Market.
- Authors
Kuehn, Bridget M.
- Abstract
The article discusses a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) in August 2014 which detailed 32 million dollars in suspicious charges to Medicare's Part D program for HIV drugs. Topics covered include the possible reasons behind the illegal resale of HIV medications, the number of patients who received HIV drugs despite having no HIV diagnosis in the Medicare records, and the recommended actions to curb the fraud.
- Subjects
MEDICARE fraud; ANTI-HIV agents; MEDICARE Part D; HIV infections; THERAPEUTICS; UNITED States. Dept. of Health &; Human Services. Office of Inspector General
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2014, Vol 312, Issue 11, p1086
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2014.11153