Omnicare Agrees to Pay $120 Million Over Kickback Claim
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Omnicare Inc. agreed to pay $120 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit claiming it violated the U.S. anti-kickback law by giving discounts on certain Medicare services to nursing homes.
Donald Gale, a former Omnicare pharmacist, accused the company in the lawsuit of providing the discounts in exchange for referrals of patients with government-reimbursable drug costs. The case, filed in 2010, was set to begin trial next week in federal court in Cleveland.