The Justice Department said the payout takes into account Walgreens' cooperation and its "significant" steps to upgrade its in-house pharmacy management system to ensure that the billing ... Texas ...

The settlement covers three cases filed under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act, allowing private parties to sue on behalf of the government. Two former Walgreens employees ...

The DOJ alleged that Walgreens submitted false billing ... settlement, while individual states will receive a total of $14.9 million to be distributed through separate agreements with states. The ...

Walgreens has agreed to pay almost $107 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently billed government programs for prescriptions that its pharmacies never dispensed, the Department of ...

Walgreens has agreed to a $106.8 million settlement over drug prescriptions that were billed to government programs but never dispensed, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday.

"Fraudulently billing for prescriptions which are never dispensed endangers the integrity of these critical programs." The settlement ends three federal cases against Walgreens in New Mexico ...

From Walgreens agreeing to pay more than $100 ... here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since Sept. 10: 1. A Louisiana physician was indicted for his alleged role ...

The opioid settlement tab for the Deerfield pharmacy chain, already in the realm of $5 billion, just got a little longer.

"We will hold accountable those who abuse these programs by knowingly billing ... a former Walgreens pharmacy manager who filed the Texas case, will receive $14.92 million from the settlement.

Walgreens agrees to a $106.8 million settlement for false billing claims to Medicare ... for their roles in the case. The settlement resolves accusations that the pharmacy chain billed Medicare ...

Recommended Reading Walgreens ... three cases pending in New Mexico, Texas and Florida filed by whistleblowers alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The $106.8 million settlement amounts ...

"We will hold accountable those who abuse these programs by knowingly billing for goods or services they did not provide." Walgreens ... Friday's settlement resolves three whistleblower lawsuits ...