Convenience store and pharmacy company Walgreens will pay nearly $3 million to settle allegations of overbilling Medicaid programs in Georgia and Massachusetts.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement Thursday, saying the company had agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal, Massachusetts and Georgia False Claims Acts by submitting inflated prices for some generic medications to Medicaid programs in both states.
The allegations were related to claims brought by a whistleblower, known as a relator, who sued on behalf of the government.
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According to the DOJ, the federal government and the states of Georgia and Massachusetts alleged that for 15 years, Walgreens pharmacies submitted higher prices to MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program, and Georgia’s Medicaid program for the generic medications in question…