Walgreen Ducks FCA Suit Over Alleged Medicare Overbilling

By Dietrich Knauth · August 18, 2014, 6:19 PM EDT

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...

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Documents

Memorandum and Opinion

Case Information

Case Title

The United States of America et al. v. Walgreen Company

Case Number

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

October 02, 2012

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