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Omnicare use pharmaceutical manufacturer such as Abbott Laboratories to solicit and receive kickbacks in exchange for purchasing and recommending the prescription drug Depakote for controlling behavioral disturbances exhibited by dementia patients residing in nursing homes serviced by Omnicare, according to the Justice Department. Omnicare pharmacists have access to nursing homes patient's chart at least once a month and made recommendations to physicians on what drugs should be prescribed for those patients. Then they "touted its influence over physicians in nursing homes in order to secure kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies such as Abbott" (Department of Justice,

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