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PA Medicaid Fraud Unit Charges Pharmacy in HIV Drug Scheme

Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against Surnil Pharmacy, Inc. — which primarily operated as Haussemann’s Pharmacy — regarding a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud the Medicaid and Medicare programs through reimbursements of HIV medications. According to the investigation, Haussemann’s Pharmacy on West Girard Avenue dispensed unregulated HIV medications that the owner claimed — through more than $2 million in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements — as if they were from legitimate distributors, as required by law. Employees told agents that the HIV medications on the pharmacy’s shelf were not from legitimate wholesale suppliers, and the investigation validated those allegations.