Tops Market Pharmacy has paid the state of New York nearly $250,000 in restitution to resolve a Medicaid fraud case involving a former pharmacist in one of its Rochester stores, according to a Buffalo Business First report.
The pharmacy, part of Williamsville, N.Y.-based Tops Markets supermarket chain, will pay restitution after Elizabeth Johnson continued to dispense prescription medications from Tops after she was suspended from practice and excluded from the Medicaid program.
Ms. Johnson pleaded guilty and was sentenced May 12 for defrauding Medicaid of $187,500.
As part of the agreement, Tops has paid restitution for the amount billed for prescription medications fraudulently dispensed by Ms. Johnson and paid for by Medicaid, Medicare and Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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