CVS Health's pharmacy benefit manager unit must pay the U.S. government $95 million after a federal judge found it overcharged Medicare for prescription drugs.

The lawsuit was filed under the False Claims Act, which helps the government combat fraud and requires tripling of damages, ...

The case is US ex rel Behnke v CVS Caremark Corp et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No. 14-00824. CVS unit ordered to pay $95 million in Medicare whistleblower lawsuit ...

A federal judge ordered CVS Health's Omnicare unit to pay $948.8 million in penalties and damages, in a whistleblower lawsuit claiming it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for invalid drug ...

CVS Health's pharmacy benefit manager unit must pay the U.S. government $95 million after a federal judge found it overcharged Medicare for prescription drugs. Chief Judge Mitchell Goldberg in ...

CVS has vowed to appeal $948.8 million in fines and damages imposed by a judge Tuesday on its Omnicare unit, for billing Medicare for tens of thousands of false claims.

The case originated in 2014 when Sarah Behnke, former head actuary for Medicare Part D at Aetna, filed a whistleblower lawsuit. Behnke claimed that since 2010, CVS Caremark had caused health insurers, ...

CVS Health plans to appeal after a judge in the Southern District of New York ordered its Omnicare unit to pay more than $948 ...

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Sarah Behnke, a former actuary in CVS’ insurance subsidiary Aetna, filed the lawsuit in 2014, alleging the company had violated the False Claims Act by knowingly and falsely claiming funds from ...