$1.8 million fine for PA agency dispensing meds with no scripts

Leave a Comment / HIPAA for DD Providers, HIPAA for developmental disabilities, HIPAA for I/DD, HIPAA for intellectual disabilities / By Diane Evans

An October 2018 story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on a $1.8 million fine that an I/DD agency and its pharmacy subsidiaries in PA will pay for dispensing drugs for legitimate medical needs but without valid prescriptions.

Read the full story here.

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