Date Filed:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Settlement Amount:
$2,990,000
A settlement has been reached to resolve False Claims Act Allegations by Rite Aid Corporation who is accused of inappropriately using gift cards as inducements.
A whistleblower will receive a $508,300 share of the settlement.
The settlement resolves allegations that Rite Aid offered illegal inducements to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to transfer their prescriptions to Rite Aid pharmacies. The government alleged that from 2008 to 2010, Rite Aid had knowingly and improperly influenced the decisions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to transfer their prescriptions to Rite Aid pharmacies by offering them gift cards in exchange for their business.
