{"id":7116,"date":"2019-01-28T22:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/the-walgreens-whistleblower\/"},"modified":"2019-01-28T22:55:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:55:36","slug":"the-walgreens-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2019\/01\/28\/the-walgreens-whistleblower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walgreens Whistleblower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"K2FeedImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/8901c6e0dcb5c47e365a8181ace3b209_S.jpg\" alt=\"The Walgreens Whistleblower\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"K2FeedIntroText\">\n<h4>A Landmark Settlement with Lessons Learned for Compliance Officers<\/h4>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><em>Walgreens reached a settlement on Tuesday, concluding a six-year investigation into the company\u2019s pharmacy and drug-pricing practices, initiated by a whistleblower and former pharmacy manager. CCI reports on the specifics of the case and the historic settlement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The attorney representing the whistleblower in a historic case against Walgreens says the landmark settlement sends a clear message to compliance officers everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompliance officers, your job is vital,\u201d said Andrew M. Beato of Stein Mitchell Beato &amp; Missner LLP, speaking by phone Wednesday to Corporate Compliance Insights. \u201cCompliance officers are the last line of defense (for a company) before it goes to this type of outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Walgreens will pay $60 million in the largest-ever settlement by a pharmacy chain for overcharging for drugs.\u00a0 Announced Tuesday, the settlement was the result of a complaint filed in 2012 by a former pharmacy manager in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com\/the-walgreens-whistleblower\/\">https:\/\/www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com\/the-walgreens-whistleblower\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSource: DRJ New feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Landmark Settlement with Lessons Learned for Compliance Officers &#013; Walgreens reached a settlement on Tuesday, concluding a six-year investigation into the company\u2019s pharmacy and drug-pricing practices, initiated by a whistleblower and former pharmacy manager. CCI reports on the specifics of the case and the historic settlement. &#013; The attorney representing the whistleblower in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7117,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-7116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disaster-recovery-cybersecurity-news-malaysia","tag-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}