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1. N.J. Senate votes to allow pharmacies to provide illegal drug users syringes without a prescription
(N.J./State)

New Jersey pharmacies would be allowed to sell hypodermic syringes and needles without a prescription under legislation approved 28 to 12 by the state Senate Thursday. The bill would permit licensed pharmacies ...

2. Pharmacist Kamal Moorjani of Lyndhurst gets 3 years for Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... Percocet. The network was obtaining fraudulent narcotics prescriptions and filling them at various pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor visits and prescription medicines ...

3. N.J. Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry can help you save time and money
(Health/Healthquest)

... realize that different pharmacies charge different prices for the exact same drug. Thanks in part to AARP you can now easily compare prescription drug prices right from your own home for free using the ...

4. Dr. Magdy Elamir, Jersey City neurologist, indicted for Medicaid fraud, and dispensing drugs
(Health/Healthquest)

... Medicaid beneficiaries, thereby causing pharmacies to submit claims to Medicaid for the medically unnecessary drugs. The indictment further alleges that Elamir distributed drugs by providing medically ...

5. Edward Harmon of Jersey City gets three years for role in prescription pill ring
(N.J./State)

... pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor visits and prescription medicines that were never dispensed. The network allegedly distributed the prescription pain pills throughout ...

6. Shivonne Dlacy Forde of Orange gets probation for role in Medicaid fraud ring
(N.J./State)

... Unit, the Jersey City police and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. On Oct. 26, 11 people, including Forde, were indicted as a result of the investigation into pharmacies that were buying completed ...

7. Crack the Monopoly?????
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Are you serious? You are working for the exact people who are trying to monopolize every thing in the state.. How many bakeries and private pharmacies have you been too lately? You are leaving out one ...

8. Buying alcohol in supermarkets: Time for N.J. to crack the monopoly and enter 21st Century
(Opinion/Commentary)

... sales. The question for legislators, however, is why should THIS particular class of citizens receive protection over so many others? Many supermarkets now have pharmacies. The chain pharmacies compete. ...

9. Hoboken pharmacist Babak Bamdad pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... them at various pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor visits and prescription medicines that were never dispensed. The network allegedly distributed the prescription ...

10. Dr. Mario Comesanas of Livingston, six others get prison for roles in major narcotics network
(Health/Healthquest)

... at pharmacies in order to supply the ring. They are Enin Martin, 30, of West Orange, who received 10 years in prison; Tereke M. Hammond, 33, of Newark, 15 years; Stephanie McLucas, 57, of Maplewood, 12 ...

11. Herbert, Douglas Brandt of Verona get prison for Medicaid fraud totaling over $700K
(N.J./State)

... and prevent the loss of taxpayer funding for this crucial program." On Jan. 24, 2008, arrest warrants were issued for 14 persons as part of the investigation into the Pharmacy of America and other pharmacies ...

12. Roberta Wells of Camden County charged with insurance fraud
(N.J./State)

Allegedly illegally ordered more than $13,000 in prescription drugs A Camden County woman has been indicted for allegedly calling in phony prescriptions for drugs to various pharmacies while she was ...

13. David Rodriquez of Jersey City gets 7 years for role in pain pills distribution network
(N.J./State)

... was obtaining fraudulent narcotics prescriptions and filling them at various pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor visits and prescription medicines that were never dispensed. ...

14. Newark pharmacist Nwala Gabriel of Piscataway gets probation for Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... were indicted as a result of the investigation into pharmacies that were buying prescriptions from patients and billing the Medicaid Program for medicines that were never dispensed. On Jan. 19, two technicians ...

15. Raymond Bremner of Jersey City sentenced to 6 years for peddling Oxycontin
(N.J./State)

... prescriptions and filling them at various pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor visits and prescription medicines that were never dispensed. The network allegedly distributed ...

16. 15 guilty of roles in N.J. black market network that distributed prescription narcotics
(N.J./State)

... The network was obtaining fraudulent narcotics prescriptions and filling them at various pharmacies. At the same time, Medicaid was being billed for phony doctor visits and prescription medicines that ...

17. Repeal Bergen County’s blue laws, but Christie shouldn’t expect to raise a single dollar for New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... example, supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations, restaurants, movie theaters, and other retailers are "allowed" to be open on Sunday. If the blue laws were applied equally, no commerce should be allowed ...

18. Pharmacy of America technicians Muid, Stephens and Diacy guilty of Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... as a golden opportunity to fraudulently bill the Medicaid program," Dagli said. "We have indicted four pharmacists and three pharmacies in this ongoing investigation." Seven other defendants were indicted ...

19. Pharmacy owner Nwala Gabriel of Piscataway pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

...  On Oct. 26, a total of 10 defendants, including Gabriel, were indicted as a result of the investigation into pharmacies that were buying prescriptions from patients and billing the Medicaid Program for ...

20. Pharmacy technicians plead guilty to Medicaid fraud involving HIV/AIDS drugs
(N.J./State)

... were indicted as a result of the investigation into Pharmacy of America and other pharmacies that were buying prescriptions from patients and billing the Medicaid Program. The investigation has been ...