Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle allegations of fraudulently billing the federal government for prescriptions that were never dispensed from 2009 to 2020. The Department of Justice stated that Walgreens submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs, resulting in tens of millions received for prescriptions not provided. Although Walgreens did not admit liability, the company cited a software error as the cause and noted it had already refunded $66.3 million for the claims in question. The settlement also includes compensation for whistleblowers involved in the case.
