Walgreens has agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve allegations it billed Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs for prescriptions it never dispensed.
Between 2009 and 2010, Walgreens allegedly received tens of millions of dollars for prescriptions that it never actually provided to healthcare beneficiaries, according to a Sept. 13 news release from the Justice Department.
The federal government will recover $91.9 million from the settlement, while individual states will receive a total of $14.9 million to be distributed through separate agreements.
Additionally, because Walgreens previously refunded $66 million to pertaining settled claims, the company will receive a credit for that amount, according to the release.
Becker's has reached out to Walgreens and will update this story if more information becomes available.