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October 17, 2016

Posted  October 24, 2016

Ohio-based nursing home pharmacy Omnicare, Inc. agreed to pay roughly $28 million to resolve charges of violating the False Claims Act by soliciting and receiving kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories in exchange for promoting the prescription drug, Depakote, for nursing home patients.  The settlement follows the May 2012 settlement under which Abbott agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve Abbott’s liability under the False Claims Act for, among other things, alleged kickbacks to nursing home pharmacies, including Omnicare and PharMerica Corp.  In October 2015, PharMerica agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle its role in the alleged scheme.  The allegations underlying this settlement as well as the prior Abbott and PharMerica settlements originated in two whistleblower lawsuits filed by former Abbott employees Richard Spetter and Meredith McCoyd under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Ms. McCoyd will receive a whistleblower award of $3 million from the proceeds of this settlement.  Whistleblower Insider

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