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, ...

CVS Health plans to appeal after a judge in the Southern District of New York ordered its Omnicare unit to pay more than $948 million in penalties and damages related to invalid prescriptions.

The lawsuit is the latest of CVS’ pharmacy concerns. Last week, pharmacists working at Kansas City locations staged a walkout over working conditions, causing 20 stores to temporarily close.

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.

CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit management division of Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health, stands accused of improperly reporting Medicare generic drug prices to CMS, according to a STAT report.

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 ...

CVS Health Corp. was ... CVS Faces Lawsuit from Local ... suit that CVS’s pharmacy benefit management unit demanded unfair fees to fill and dispense prescriptions for certain Medicare ...

CVS Health and its Omnicare unit were sued on Tuesday by the U.S. government, which accused them of fraudulently billing Medicare and other programs for drugs for older and disabled people without ...

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 ...