THE U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has sued Omnicare and parent company CVS Health, alleging that Omnicare fraudulently billed federal health care programs for improperly renewed prescriptions for elderly and disabled customers from 2010 to 2018. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE
WOONSOCKET – The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has filed a lawsuit against Omnicare Inc. and its parent CVS Health Corp., alleging that Omnicare fraudulently billed federal health care programs for hundreds of thousands of noncontrolled prescription drugs, the U.S.Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. The lawsuit claims that Omnicare billed…