August 18, 2014
Walgreen Co. on Monday won dismissal in New York federal court in a False Claims Act suit alleging that the pharmacy had overbilled Medicare and Medicaid programs by failing to substitute generic drugs for brand-name ones, following the dismissal of a parallel suit against other pharmacies.
October 03, 2013
Walgreen Co. was hit with a False Claims Act suit by a Medicare insurance plan sponsor on behalf of more than two dozen states, accusing the retail pharmacy chain of overbilling Medicare and Medicaid programs by, among other things, not substituting generic drugs for brand-name ones, according to a complaint unsealed Wednesday.