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Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme
Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme UPDATE: Dominoes continued to fall in the federal takedown of a $24.8 million kickback scheme when a Jersey City woman who worked for a local doctor took a plea deal. Yudelka “Vicky” Ayala, 42, admitted conspiring with six co-defendants associated with the now-defunct Prime Aid Pharmacy in Union City to boost prescription sales through kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals in New Jersey and New York. Prime Aid, which also had a location in the Bronx, processed expensive medications used to treat various conditions, including Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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More Than A Dozen From Hudson County Charged In $11M Medicaid Fraud More Than A Dozen From Hudson County Charged In $11M Medicaid Fraud
More Than A Dozen From Hudson County Charged In $11M Medicaid Fraud Several people from Jersey City, Bayonne and elsewhere have been accused of taking part in a scheme in which prescription drugs provided free through the federal Medicaid program were illegally sold to a New York pharmacist, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Elfatih Ibrahim, 58, of Brooklyn, who owns Maxwell Pharmacy in Manhattan, was the ringleader in the bi-state scheme, authorities allege. Ibrahim received prescription medications from patients who got the drugs for free, then sold them for cash to a “runner” who brought them to Ibrahim, the Attorney General’s office said. …

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by Paul Milo
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HealthPlus: Patient Tests Positive For Hep C, Anguished Couple Files Lawsuit HealthPlus: Patient Tests Positive For Hep C, Anguished Couple Files Lawsuit
HealthPlus: Patient Tests Positive For Hep C, Anguished Couple Files Lawsuit A HealthPlus patient has tested positive for hepatitis C after the surgery center released a statement saying that thousands of patients were exposed to HIV and other blood borne pathogens. As of Saturday, 186 of the 3,788 patients possibly exposed to diseases at the Saddle Brook center went for testing, NJ.com reports. A report from the New Jersey Health Department found "multi-dose medicines were improperly dispensed and lapses in sterilization procedures occurred, primarily concerning orthopedic instruments and surgical trays," according to Mark Manigan, a lawyer representing the su…

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by Cecilia Levine