Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Walgreens Takes Hit from Feds in Whistleblower Suit- Costs $35 Million
First CVS for $36.7 million.
Now Illinois-based Walgreens.
$35 million. $1.25 million to the State of Illinois.
No liability admitted, of course.
Whistle blower Bernard Lisitza, a licensed pharmacist, will receive get just over $5 million.
He is the same one who blew the whistle on CVS. In that case, he (and his lawyer, Michael Behn, of Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered, in Chicago) received $4.3 million.
The following press release has just arrived from the United States Attorney's Office.
Probably safe to say that the settlement is high enough to pay for the cost of Patrick Fitzgerald's office for at least a year.
You can read the whole press release here.
Now Illinois-based Walgreens.
$35 million. $1.25 million to the State of Illinois.
No liability admitted, of course.
Whistle blower Bernard Lisitza, a licensed pharmacist, will receive get just over $5 million.
He is the same one who blew the whistle on CVS. In that case, he (and his lawyer, Michael Behn, of Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered, in Chicago) received $4.3 million.
The following press release has just arrived from the United States Attorney's Office.
Probably safe to say that the settlement is high enough to pay for the cost of Patrick Fitzgerald's office for at least a year.
You can read the whole press release here.
Labels: Bernard Lisitza, CVS, Medicaid Fraud, Michael Behn, Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney, Walgreens
Friday, June 29, 2007
Message of the Day – A Public Notice
Required to be posted by Governor Rod Blagojevich, this notice informs women that they can get the “morning after pill” at the Crystal Lake Walgreens.
This move was made, of course, to please the pro-choice folks who backed the governor in the 2002 election.
If I remember correctly, the posters were ordered put up shortly before the 2006 fall election.
Of course, pharmacies do not have to post them as prominently as the Crystal Lake Walgreens does.
Maybe it is trying to attract the overnight market, as well as the morning after market.
You can make the print in the notice large enough to read by clicking on the image.
This move was made, of course, to please the pro-choice folks who backed the governor in the 2002 election. If I remember correctly, the posters were ordered put up shortly before the 2006 fall election.
Of course, pharmacies do not have to post them as prominently as the Crystal Lake Walgreens does.
Maybe it is trying to attract the overnight market, as well as the morning after market.
You can make the print in the notice large enough to read by clicking on the image.
Labels: Crystal Lake, Morning After Pill, Pro-Choice, Rod Blagojevich, Walgreens, Wallgreen
