{"id":12484,"date":"2019-01-23T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12484"},"modified":"2019-01-23T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:46:19","slug":"walgreens-pays-269m-to-settle-billing-fraud-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12484","title":{"rendered":"Walgreens pays $269M to settle billing fraud lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $269.2 million to settle two healthcare fraud lawsuits, alleging the company overbilled government payers, according to the\u00a0Department of Justice.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/walgreens-pays-269m-to-settle-billing-fraud-lawsuits.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $269.2 million to settle two healthcare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,16,4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions","category-medicaid","category-medicare-fraud","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12485,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions\/12485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}