#Ozempic, #Wegovy maker lobbies Congress to get #Medicare to cover its weight loss drugs
#BigPharma #BigMoney
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1193106908/ozempic-wegovy-maker-lobbies-congress-to-get-medicare-to-cover-its-weight-loss-d
#BigPharma #BigMoney
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1193106908/ozempic-wegovy-maker-lobbies-congress-to-get-medicare-to-cover-its-weight-loss-d
NPR
Ozempic, Wegovy maker lobbies Congress to get Medicare to cover its weight loss drugs
New drugs used for weight loss may also reduce risks of heart attacks. A pharmaceutical giant wants Medicare to cover the drugs, but a federal ban prevents Medicare from covering weight loss drugs.
A Maryland firm, Aledade, is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using billing software "rigged" to make patients appear sicker than they were.
Aledade was co-founded in 2014 by Farzad Mostashari, a former health information technology chief in the Obama administration, and has welcomed other ex-government health figures into its ranks. In 2023, Joe Biden appointed Mandy Cohen, then executive vice president at Aledade, to head the CDC.
#Medicare #Healthcare #Fraud #Aledade
https://tinyurl.com/mnx22d3v
Aledade was co-founded in 2014 by Farzad Mostashari, a former health information technology chief in the Obama administration, and has welcomed other ex-government health figures into its ranks. In 2023, Joe Biden appointed Mandy Cohen, then executive vice president at Aledade, to head the CDC.
#Medicare #Healthcare #Fraud #Aledade
https://tinyurl.com/mnx22d3v
Medscape
Largest US Independent Primary Care Network Accused of Medicare Fraud
A whistleblower suit claimed Aledade, Inc., cheated the government out of millions of dollars by making patients appear sicker than they were.