A health and pension fund sued Walgreen Co. and Par Pharmaceutical Co. for allegedly overcharging for generic prescriptions, which in turn allegedly cost third-party payers two to four times more for the medications.

A former Broome County, N.Y., resident must pay $36,000 in restitution to the New York Insurance Fund after she was found working at a Walgreens store in Virginia while accepting workers’ compensation benefits.

Walgreens said it will continue to fill Medicaid prescriptions at its Washington state pharmacies through March 15 as it continues to negotiate with officials over a reimbursement dispute.

A California insurance agency has teamed up with a New Jersey-based fertility center to create what it says is the first in vitro fertilization insurance program.

Just like it did last year in Delaware, Walgreens has announced it will withdraw some of its pharmacies from the Medicaid program in Washington state this year in response to a reduction in reimbursement rates.

Highmark Inc., the largest health insurer in Pennsylvania, is looking toward its workers to reduce its own health care costs and better engage them in its own health care decisions.

A pair of national pharmacy groups plan to drop a suit against Delaware officials after reaching an agreement on Medicaid reimbursements to pharmacists for brand name drugs.

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Just before it was set to stop participating in the state’s Medicaid program, Walgreens announced it would restart negotiations with Delaware officials over reimbursement rates for prescriptions.

In June, Deerfield-Ill.-based Walgreens …  Read →

On the heels of Walgreens announcing its plan to withdraw from Delaware’s Medicaid program due to reimbursement cuts, a pair of national pharmacy groups is suing state officials.

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Delaware’s Secretary of Health and Social Services said she is “very disappointed” that one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, Walgreens, will withdraw from the state’s Medicaid program, citing reimbursement …  Read →