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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say that a Dickson-based medical practice has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle allegations that it illegally bought lower-cost drugs from foreign sources in order to make a profit.
U.S. Attorney David Rivera of the Middle District of Tennessee announced Monday that Dickson Medical Associates has agreed to pay the money to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.
The federal government accused one of DMA's physicians of obtaining a non-FDA approved version of the drug Reclast from foreign distributors at various times from 2008 to 2012. Reclast is a drug used primarily to treat osteoporosis and bone damage. The doctor, according to the allegations, prescribed the non-approved foreign drug to patients but then billed them as if it were Reclast.
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