Opinion ID: 2387754
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 21

Heading: The Order of Disclosure

Text: The order of 20 July 1988 granted the State's Motion for Disclosure of Grand Jury Materials. The order authorized [t]he Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Attorney General's Office ... to disclose the documents identified on page 7 of its Motion and Exhibit A thereto, to the United States Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services for the purpose of pursuing the remedies authorized under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a. The documents identified on page 7 of the motion were: 1. The first manifold copy of the prescriptions listed on Exhibit A. Manifold prescription forms are frequently the actual invoice submitted to Medicaid by a participating pharmacy. In this case, since [the pharmacy] billed [the State Medicaid program] by computer, they merely substantiate the computer billing and the pharmacy's legal and ethical right to dispense the medication. 2. [The pharmacy's] daily prescription report for [two designated] stores for October 1, 1985 through March 31, 1986. These daily reports are a summary of all information entered into the computer each day. In addition to containing Medicaid billing information, they identify the pharmacist filling or refilling the prescription, the number of pills which remain on the prescription, and the manner in which the pharmacy was paid for the prescription. Exhibit A listed 112 prescriptions filled in two stores. The list set out the prescription number, the name of the patient, the date the prescription was originally filled, the date it was refilled, the cost, and the store in which it was filled. The total amount involved was $1,311.54. The order stayed the disclosure permitted until the issuance of the mandate of the Court of Special Appeals in the appeal of this matter and, if certiorari is granted, the mandate of the Court of Appeals.... The order further provided: This proceeding and all other pleadings thereto are hereby sealed.