United States of America et al v. Walgreen Co

  1. May 05, 2015

    Walgreen Says Revised FCA Suit Repeats Rejected Claims

    Walgreen Co. urged a California federal judge on Monday to dismiss a former pharmacist's revised False Claims Act accusations, saying the new complaint is just a retread of a previously rejected argument.

  2. April 28, 2015

    Whistleblower Revises FCA Complaint Against Walgreen

    A Walgreen Co. pharmacist accusing the chain of billing Medicaid and Medicare for drugs patients never received is trying to keep his False Claims Act lawsuit intact, asking a California federal court judge Monday to reject the drugstore chain's dismissal bid on his second amended complaint.

  3. March 17, 2015

    Walgreen Can't End FCA Suit Over Prescription Refills

    A California federal judge on Tuesday partly preserved a whistleblower suit over Walgreen Co.'s drug dispensing practices, saying the pharmacy giant may have breached the False Claims Act if it billed Medicare and Medicaid for drugs that patients never received.

  4. January 02, 2015

    Walgreen Beats FCA Claims Over Prescription Refills

    A California federal judge Friday tossed False Claims Act claims that Walgreen Co. wrongly charged Medicare and Medicaid for unwanted prescription refills, saying a whistleblowing pharmacist didn't adequately support his allegations.

  5. November 21, 2014

    Walgreen Says Unwanted Refill FCA Suit Lacks Evidence

    Walgreen Co. on Thursday urged a California federal court to toss a whistleblower's suit accusing it of wrongly charging Medicare and Medicaid for unwanted prescription refills, saying he had not provided any evidence to back his allegations.