Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that were never dispensed, the Department of Justice said.

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 ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for ...

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.

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 ...

"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 ...

Steven Turck, a former Walgreens pharmacy manager who filed the Texas case, will receive $14.92 million from the settlement. Andrew Bustos, a former Walgreens district pharmacy supervisor who ...

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 ...

"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.