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CVS to pay $315 million to settle unlawful opioid prescription claims, Justice Department says
The settlement requires CVS to add safeguards for dispensing controlled substances after federal officials alleged it filled illegitimate opioid prescriptions.
- On Tuesday, CVS Pharmacy Inc. agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary, highly addictive opioid prescriptions.
- The lawsuit, filed under President Joe Biden, accused CVS of violating the Controlled Substances Act by filling prescriptions from alleged "pill mills" due to poor staffing and performance incentives.
- CVS strongly disagreed with the allegations, stating the settlement admits no wrongdoing and that pharmacists were held to "vague, undefined, and ever-changing standards of practice."
- Under the settlement, CVS must "implement additional safeguards to ensure that prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances are dispensed only when medically appropriate," Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate said.
- The deal addresses a federal effort to combat an opioid crisis linked to more than 100,000 deaths, with total industry settlements now exceeding $50 billion.
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Rhode Island Pharmacy Chain CVS To Pay $315,000,000 Over Allegations of Unlawful Opioid Dispensing
Federal authorities have secured a $315 million settlement with a major pharmacy chain accused of improperly dispensing opioids and submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs. CVS Pharmacy Inc., a Rhode Island-based chain, reached the agreement to resolve alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act and False Claims Act spanning from October 2013 through December […]
CVS to pay $315M after settlement in DOJ lawsuit over controlled prescriptions
CVS Pharmacy will pay $315 million to settle federal allegations that the company illegally filled thousands of opioid prescriptions and then sought reimbursement from Medicare and other government health programs.
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