"Fraudulent Audit Notifications" ... why? What would be the point?
So I got a fax from my CSAO. 360
Here's the text with the name of the CSAO redacted, just in case: (bolding, italics, and grammatical errors are theirs)
"[CSAO] is focused on making sure our pharmacies are aware of all information affecting their business.
"Several PBMs have recently informed us that several [chain] pharmacies may have received forged audit communications. The communications intentionally misleading, stating, among other things, that the PBM will increase the frequency of PBM audits.
"These communications are fraudulent and were not sent by the PBMs. There are no changes occurring to the frequency of audits or the way audits are being conducted.
"Please be aware: any actual, valid audit notifications or communications will come from the payers and PBMs and will be clearly identified as coming from the payer.
"What you need to do: (rest deleted as it's not relevant)
What would be the point of this? Why would some third party send out notices like this? Is it some kind of scam? If so, I can't figure out what they hope to accomplish. 360