Pharmacy Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Contributes to High Costs for Medicare Part D

Eran Lillestrand's picture

Approximately 1 percent of prescription costs are likely due to fraud, waste, or abuse. This amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars in unnecessary costs for the Medicare Part D program and its beneficiaries.

Source
“Prompt Payment” Mandates Would Raise Costs Due to Pharmacy Fraud, Waste, and Abuse" Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, April 2008. http://www.pcmanet.org/assets/2008-04-10_Research_FINAL%20Fraud%20Detection%20Survey%20Findings%20April%202008.pdf