OKLAHOMA CITY — Nine Oklahoma pharmacies have agreed to pay $157,000 to settle allegations that they improperly billed SoonerCare for hundreds of unauthorized over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced Tuesday.
Apothecary Pharmacy, Cornwell Pharmacy, Cushing Family Pharmacy, R.T.’s Family Discount Pharmacy, Foster Corner Drug, Tiger Drug, Yale Drug, Jones Drug Store and Swipht Pharmacy agreed to the settlement after an investigation by Drummond’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
“I appreciate the careful and extensive work by my investigative team to recover these funds,” Drummond said. “I take seriously all allegations of false claims and am committed to holding anyone who abuses the system accountable to the law.”
The case was investigated by Assistant Attorney General Jamie Bloyd and agents Justin Brown and Daniel Shcolnik from the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
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