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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Walgreen Co.
Current Parent Company: Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Penalty: $7,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: January 27, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Walgreen Co. paid $7 million to the United States and the State of Tennessee to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to TennCare, the Medicaid program for the State of Tennessee, and knowingly retaining overpayments for specialty Hepatitis C medications dispensed to TennCare enrollees who did not meet TennCare's clinical criteria for coverage and payment.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of Tennessee
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-pharmacies
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.