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MA AG: Walmart to Pay $500K for Allegedly Failing to Follow Workers’ Comp Prescription Pricing

December 7, 2022 - WorkCompWire

Boston, MA – Attorney General Maura Healey recently announced that retail pharmacy provider Walmart, Inc. recently agreed to pay $500,000 after allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are in place to keep costs down and prevent overcharges in the workers’ compensation insurance system.

The pricing procedures, required by Massachusetts regulations, ensure that prescription costs will be reviewed against certain regulatory benchmarks. According to the assurance of discontinuance, filed this week in Suffolk Superior Court, Walmart allegedly failed to follow those regulations when applying prices for various injured worker prescriptions from 2016 to the present, at Walmart pharmacy locations in Massachusetts.

“Having a workers’ compensation system that is transparent, functional, and affordable is essential for employers and workers across Massachusetts,” said AG Healey. “My office will continue to ensure that companies are following our state’s rules and regulations that guarantee drug pricing in our workers’ compensation system is handled fairly.”

Under Massachusetts’ Workers’ Compensation system, when employees are hurt on the job, they are entitled to lost wages, compensation for injuries, and payments for certain injury-related expenses. The system sets limits for the cost of prescriptions for injured workers and requires companies to validate prices against certain regulatory benchmarks before processing their charges, such as the Federal Upper Limit for Medicare and the Massachusetts Maximum Allowable Cost.

This case is part of an ongoing review by the Attorney General’s Office into prescription pricing procedures in the workers’ compensation system. AG Healey has reached settlements with several entities for workers’ compensation drug pricing violations totaling over $16 million.

This case was handled by staff from Attorney General Healey’s Insurance and Financial Services Division, including Glenn Kaplan, Dr. Burt Feinberg, and Gia Kim.

Source: MA AG’s Office

Filed Under: Industry News, Top Stories, Workers' Compensation

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