US EditionTexas sues Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing providers to prescribe its medications
Texas AG Ken Paxton alleges Eli Lilly offered illegal incentives like free nursing to boost prescriptions of GLP-1 drugs, causing millions in improper Medicaid claims.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, accusing the company of bribing medical providers to promote its drugs, including Mounjaro and Zepbound, violating state fraud prevention laws and defrauding taxpayers.
- The complaint alleges that Eli Lilly provided illegal incentives, like free nurses, to influence prescribing patterns, resulting in unauthorized reimbursements to the state's Medicaid program under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act.
- The lawsuit claims Eli Lilly's actions resulted in pharmacies and other intermediaries submitting claims that violated Texas Medicaid policy, leading to millions in unauthorized reimbursements.
- Paxton stated that Eli Lilly prioritized corporate greed over health, manipulating the healthcare system for profit at taxpayer expense.
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Eli Lilly accused of bribing doctors to prescribe Mounjaro and other drugs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, accusing the drug maker of bribing doctors to prescribe their medications. Paxton said the quid pro quo arrangements tainted millions of dollars of claims to Texas Medicaid. The lawsuit accuses Eli Lilly of providing doctors offices with free nurses to conduct patient-care services. That work is largely unprofitable and time-consuming; the nurses allow doctors to see more pati…
Eli Lilly Bribed Doctors to Prescribe Medications, Texas AG Alleges - The Thinking Conservative
Eli Lilly allegedly paid health care providers to recommend and prescribe weight loss drugs, according to a new complaint. The post Eli Lilly Bribed Doctors to Prescribe Medications, Texas AG Alleges appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
Paxton accuses drug manufacturer of bribing providers in Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, Attorney General Ken Paxton said he filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indiana. According to the AG’s office, Eli Lilly was accused of “bribing and illegally inducing medical providers to prescribe its most profitable drugs.” KXAN reached out to Eli Lilly for a statement. A spokesperson with the company provided the following. “Multiple courts and the federal government have r…
Eli Lilly Bribed Doctors to Prescribe Medications, Texas AG Alleges
Eli Lilly allegedly paid health care providers to recommend and prescribe weight loss drugs, according to a new complaint. An Eli Lilly program that makes available free nursing services to providers who prescribe the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications illegally induces providers to prescribe the drugs, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a lawsuit filed on Aug. 12 in a district court in Harrison County. Another program, which giv…
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