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Patients in Danger: The Caremark Investigation
Caremark, one of the biggest health-care organizations in the nation, was failing to provide necessary health care to customers. KHOU's investigation found that this included Caremark limiting dosages and refill amounts for necessary drugs like insulin for diabetics or anti-rejection drugs for transplant patients, often going against the physician's written prescription. Caremark employees in multiple states had a mandate to change these prescriptions as the company attempted to save money. In addition, "used" medications which had been returned to Caremark were simply relabeled and sent out again without testing. This practice is illegal, because for instance a drug like insulin loses half its effectiveness if not properly refrigerated. Also, Caremark employees informed KHOU of cover-ups that occurred during government inspections.
Tags: Drugs; Caremark; insulin; health care; prescription
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Fee For Service: Caremark Faces Heat for Paying Doctors Who Sent It Patients
The Wall Street Journal reports that "When Bruce A. Marguilis left the home-health-care business last year, the physician was a millionaire many times over. But not from practicing medicine. The internist was a kind of super-salesman for Caremark International Inc., the U.S. leader in home intravenous therapy.... But now Dr. Margulis is a prime focus of a broad federal investigation into alleged kickbacks by Caremark and other health-care companies to doctors for patient referrals..."