Actavis fined $170 million for Medicaid fraud in Texas
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
A Travis County, Texas, jury has hit two Actavis US subsidiaries – Actavis Mid-Atlantic and Actavis Elizabeth – with a $170 million fine after a three-week trial in which they were found liable for inflating prices of their products supplied to Medicaid in Texas. As a result, Medicaid paid more money to pharmacies in reimbursing the products than it should have done.