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 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 ...

according to settlement documents. In January 2020, Walgreens disclosed to the government “that issues with its billing systems and practices” had led to billed prescriptions for which it ...

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 ...

"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 ...

To help prevent fraud of this nature again, Walgreens made changes to its electronic pharmacy management system, according to the DOJ’s statement. "Due to a software error, we inadvertently ...

"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.

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"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 ...