In recent public comments, Omnicare Inc. gave the impression that its trouble with Medicaid-fraud watchdogs in Michigan would be cured with a $54 million payout.
Now the pharmaceuticals supplier is watching one of its top executives being dragged into a criminal courtroom.
The 148 criminal fraud charges filed Wednesday against Daniel Lohmeier, president of Omnicare's Specialized Pharmacy Services in Livonia, Mich., were a stunning turn of events in an investigation that began with the discovery of suspicious billings to the state Medicaid program in 2003.
Charges include billing Medicaid for drugs dispensed to 20 dead people.
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