Tag: Opioids
DOJ settles with Walgreens for $300M
April 23, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, have agreed to a $300 million settlement with Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co., and various subsidiaries to resolve allegations that the national chain pharmacy illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
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Complaint alleges Walgreens dispensed ‘unlawful’ prescriptions
January 22, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, in a civil complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co. and various subsidiaries (collectively, Walgreens) dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and then sought reimbursement for many of these prescriptions from various federal health care programs in violation the False Claims Act (FCA).
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