Walgreens To Pay $269.2M To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuits Accusing Drugstore Of Overbilling The Government

Federal prosecutors said Walgreens configured its electronic pharmacy management system to prevent its pharmacists from dispensing less than a full box of five insulin pens, even when patients didn’t need that much. In a second settlement, Walgreens agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims that it overbilled Medicaid by failing to disclose and charge the lower drug prices it offered the public through a discount program.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2HtE67d