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News BriefDOJ orders Walgreens to pay $107M for fraudulent claims caused by Rx ‘software error’
Walgreens agreed to pay nearly $107 million to resolve allegations, first brought by two whisteblowers, that it improperly billed federal healthcare programs for prescriptions that were never picked up or delivered.
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News BriefWalgreens to pay $7M for accepting alleged FCA violation proceeds
Walgreens agreed to pay $7 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act that it overbilled the state of Tennessee’s Medicaid insurance program for Hepatitis C medications and kept the proceeds even after it discovered an employee’s misconduct.
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ArticleWalmart to pay $3.1B in nationwide opioid settlement
Walmart announced it agreed to a $3.1 billion nationwide settlement designed to resolve all the potential state lawsuits it faces for its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic.
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ArticleOpioid cases against retail pharmacy chains yield compliance lessons
Two cases involving five retail pharmacy chains winding their way through court foretell a long and costly road ahead for all companies across the pharmaceutical supply chain battling litigation for their alleged roles in fueling the opioid epidemic.
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VideoVideo: ABN AMRO refreshingly accountable; pharmacists lose in COVID-19 vaccine push
Kyle Brasseur seeks silver linings from ABN AMRO’s €480 million settlement for AML failures, while Aly McDevitt calls out the retail pharmacies overextending their employees for the sake of distributing more COVID-19 vaccines.
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ArticleCarreyrou at TPRM: Theranos warning signs were there, but partners failed to spot them
John Carreyrou explained to third-party risk professionals at CW’s TPRM Virtual Summit that the mistakes made by Theranos’s business partners were entirely preventable—had they done their proper due diligence.
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ArticleFormer Rite Aid compliance exec charged with insider trading
Armed with insider information about problems with a merger with Walgreens, a Rite Aid compliance executive who oversaw its corporate code of conduct sold company stock to save himself and his family over $150,000, according to the SEC.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance names chief accounting officer
Walgreens Boots Alliance, a retail pharmacy company, has named Heather Dixon as its new global controller and chief accounting officer, effective March 18.