Surnil Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Haussemann's Pharmacy
Outcome
Surnil Pharmacy / Haussemann's Pharmacy charged by Pennsylvania AG's Medicaid Fraud Control Section with $2 million scheme to defraud Medicaid and Medicare through fraudulent reimbursement claims involving unregulated HIV medications.
Details
Surnil Pharmacy / Haussemann's Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA) — $2M Unregulated HIV Drug Fraud
Outcome: Pharmacy charged by Pennsylvania AG's Medicaid Fraud Control Section with $2 million scheme involving fraudulent Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement claims for unregulated HIV medications.
Surnil Pharmacy, Inc., operating primarily as Haussemann's Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged with operating a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud Medicaid and Medicare programs through fraudulent reimbursement claims tied to HIV medications. The scheme involved the sale and billing of unregulated HIV medications — drugs obtained outside the authorized pharmaceutical supply chain and dispensed in ways that did not comply with federal drug distribution requirements.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the charges on July 30, 2025, through the Medicaid Fraud Control Section.
Primary Source: AG Sunday's Medicaid Fraud Control Section Charges Philadelphia Pharmacy in $2 Million Scheme Involving Sales of Unregulated HIV Medication
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's drug-sourcing compliance hooks would flag reimbursement claims for medications from non-authorized distributors; a compliance gate requiring FDA-licensed wholesaler documentation for all dispensed drugs before claim submission would catch unregulated medication fraud at the billing stage.
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