Waxman hearing on Allegations of Waste, Fraud & Abuse of Big Pharma! Starting now. [View All]

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Friday, February 9: Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Pharmaceutical Pricing: Financial Impacts on Federal Health Programs and the Federal Taxpayer

The goal of the hearing is to examine whether there are fraudulent, abusive, or wasteful pharmaceutical pricing practices that affect federal health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Public Health Service “340B” program that should be the subject of additional congressional oversight.

Witnesses
* Dr. Steven Schondelmeyer, PharmD, PhD.
Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
* Gerard F. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management Director, Center for Hospital Finance and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
* James W. Moorman
President and CEO, Taxpayers Against Fraud
* Lew Morris
Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
* John Dicken
Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office
* Patrick J O'Connell
Chief, Civil Medicaid Fraud, Attorney General of Texas
* Ron Tenpas
Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice