Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 5:01:29 GMT -6
$10 million settlement in Jacksonville prescription case part of $2 billion fraud probe
For $4,555.01 in the fall of 2013, Dena Jones received three plastic squeeze bottles of a liquid prescription she needed to ease the pain in her injury-battered back.
She paid a $17 co-pay for the three-month supply.
Tricare, the medical system that provides insurance for active-duty military personnel and retirees and their families, paid Well Health Pharmacy, the Jacksonville company that filled the prescription, the remaining $4,538.01.
The salve, called a compounded prescription because it was a specialized mix of ingredients, was effective, but Jones said the price bothered her.
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/crime/2016-02-11/story/10-million-settlement-jacksonville-prescription-case-part-2-billion
For $4,555.01 in the fall of 2013, Dena Jones received three plastic squeeze bottles of a liquid prescription she needed to ease the pain in her injury-battered back.
She paid a $17 co-pay for the three-month supply.
Tricare, the medical system that provides insurance for active-duty military personnel and retirees and their families, paid Well Health Pharmacy, the Jacksonville company that filled the prescription, the remaining $4,538.01.
The salve, called a compounded prescription because it was a specialized mix of ingredients, was effective, but Jones said the price bothered her.
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/crime/2016-02-11/story/10-million-settlement-jacksonville-prescription-case-part-2-billion