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Delaware Department of Justice presents $100,000 to Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children to provide discounted prescription drugs to underserved Delawareans

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2009



The Delaware Department of Justice today presented a $100,000 check to the Nemours Foundation for the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children to provide reduced-cost medications to underserved Delawareans. The charitable donation represents a portion of the Department’s monetary recovery from pharmacy benefits management company Express Scripts following the 2008 settlement of an investigation by the Consumer Protection Unit.

“The Delaware Department of Justice has not only acted to protect Delawareans and enforce our consumer protection laws,” stated Chief Deputy Attorney General Richard S. Gebelein in resenting the check to Lori J. Counts, Managing Director of Development for Nemours and Amy C. Rogers, Associate Administrator of the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, “I’m pleased that we are also directing the funds we have recovered to serve our state’s residents with unmet healthcare
needs.”

In May 2008, Delaware and 27 states plus the District of Columbia reached an agreement with xpress Scripts following an investigation into its alleged violations of the states’ consumer protection laws. As a result of the investigation, Express Scripts adopted reforms to its business practices, and was required to pay $9.3 million to the participating states and $200,000 to patients who incurred expenses related to certain switches between cholesterol-controlling drugs (read the May 2008
Department of Justice press release announcing the settlement on the Department’s website at http://www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/media/releases/2008/affordablemeds.pdf).
Today’s donation by the Delaware Department of Justice will be used by the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children to promote lower drug costs for uninsured and/or underinsured Delaware residents it serves in all three counties through its out-patient programs.
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Delaware Department of Justice presents $100,000 to Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children to provide discounted prescription drugs to underserved Delawareans

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2009



The Delaware Department of Justice today presented a $100,000 check to the Nemours Foundation for the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children to provide reduced-cost medications to underserved Delawareans. The charitable donation represents a portion of the Department’s monetary recovery from pharmacy benefits management company Express Scripts following the 2008 settlement of an investigation by the Consumer Protection Unit.

“The Delaware Department of Justice has not only acted to protect Delawareans and enforce our consumer protection laws,” stated Chief Deputy Attorney General Richard S. Gebelein in resenting the check to Lori J. Counts, Managing Director of Development for Nemours and Amy C. Rogers, Associate Administrator of the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, “I’m pleased that we are also directing the funds we have recovered to serve our state’s residents with unmet healthcare
needs.”

In May 2008, Delaware and 27 states plus the District of Columbia reached an agreement with xpress Scripts following an investigation into its alleged violations of the states’ consumer protection laws. As a result of the investigation, Express Scripts adopted reforms to its business practices, and was required to pay $9.3 million to the participating states and $200,000 to patients who incurred expenses related to certain switches between cholesterol-controlling drugs (read the May 2008
Department of Justice press release announcing the settlement on the Department’s website at http://www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/media/releases/2008/affordablemeds.pdf).
Today’s donation by the Delaware Department of Justice will be used by the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children to promote lower drug costs for uninsured and/or underinsured Delaware residents it serves in all three counties through its out-patient programs.
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