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Compound cream fraud isn’t just a comp problem. It’s everywhere. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas announced this month the arrest of nine defendants in connection with their roles in a $100 million health care fraud conspiracy perpetrated against TRICARE, the health insurance program for members of the military and their families. The defendants allegedly defrauded TRICARE in connection with the prescription of compounded pain and scar creams by, among other things, paying kickbacks to prescribing physicians.
One doctor in El Paso allegedly wrote thousands of prescriptions for compounded drugs to TRICARE beneficiaries whom he had never met in person and for whom he conducted only a cursory consultation via telephone. In the nine-month period from October 2014 to June 2015 TRICARE reportedly paid more than $102 million for compounded drug prescriptions generated by some of the defendants.
Did you catch that? $102million in a nine month period. These are taxpayer dollars we’re talking about. Think about that the next time you look at the "Federal Withholding" deduction on your paycheck stub.