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The financial toll of their scheme is staggering: about $33 million in reimbursements claimed for compounded medications alone\u2014with more than $5.8 million from TRICARE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
By Wayne Dupree<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a recent development that\u2019s rocked the pharmaceutical industry, two men have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a sophisticated kickback scheme centered around a New Jersey pharmacy. The operation, which swindled millions from health insurers through fraudulent compounded medication prescriptions, was masterminded by Jeffrey Andrews, 73, and Adam Brosius, 59, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Operating out of Main Avenue Pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, the group exploited high-reimbursement compound medications such as scar creams and migraine treatments. From 2014 to 2016, they orchestrated a lucrative strategy that identified and pushed these expensive drugs onto the market. As CFO and later president of Main Avenue respectively, Andrews and Brosius were pivotal in coordinating this elaborate fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their method was straightforward yet deceptive. By creating prescription pads for these high-cost compounds and distributing them to a network of marketers nationwide, they ensured a steady flow of prescriptions. These marketers then collaborated with telemedicine companies and doctors willing to prescribe these medications for kickbacks. Once the prescriptions were filled and reimbursed by insurance programs including Medicare and Tricare, Main Avenue Pharmacy paid out significant sums to those who had helped generate these prescriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The financial toll of their scheme is staggering: about $33 million in reimbursements claimed for compounded medications alone\u2014with more than $5.8 million from TRICARE, the healthcare program serving military personnel and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For their crimes against the healthcare system, Brosius faces up to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and another five years for violating the Anti-Kickback Statute. Andrews also faces up to five years for his role in the scheme. Both could be hit with fines reaching $250,000 or double the gross gain or loss from their offenses\u2014whichever amount is higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sentencing is on the horizon with Brosius\u2019s date set for February 20, 2025, while Andrews will learn his fate two days earlier on February 18. Meanwhile, charges are still pending against another alleged co-conspirator Chad Beene from Philadelphia\u2014his innocence maintained until proven otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This case has drawn significant attention from various federal agencies including the FBI; Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General; U.S Department of Defense \u2013 Office of Inspector General; Defense Criminal Investigative Service; and U.S Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General\u2014all instrumental in bringing these individuals to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As this case progresses towards sentencing early next year, it serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities within our healthcare reimbursement systems\u2014and the lengths some will go to exploit them for personal gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is interesting for the 33 reference, which I believe is a Satanic signature as 33% of the angels rebelled who are now allowed to run the world. Perhaps the message is don’t try and implement your own scams outside the huge scam that is the OCGFC’s medical and pharmaceutical wealth transfer scheme, or they’ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8696,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8695\/revisions\/8696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}